Journal
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages 1827-1834Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9361-8
Keywords
Jellyfish; Medusa; Feeding habits; Sinaloa Mexico
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- CONACYT-SAGARPA 2005
- CONACYT-SEMARNAT [2006-C01-23449]
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This paper represents the first record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi (Lankester 1880) in M,xico; the medusa was collected in Adolfo Lopez Mateos (ALM) reservoir, one of the main reservoirs in Sinaloa State NW in Mexico. This report of the population of C. sowerbyi represents an exceptional case of freshwater jellyfish on this latitude in American Continent. This study provides additional information on physico chemical characteristics of the reservoir and qualitative and quantitative analysis of the trophic spectrum of C. sowerbyi.
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