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Long-Term Fluctuations in Circalunar Beach Aggregations of the Box Jellyfish Alatina moseri in Hawaii, with Links to Environmental Variability

The box jellyfish Alatina moseri forms monthly aggregations at Waikiki Beach 8–12 days after each full moon, posing a recurrent hazard to swimmers due to painful stings. We present an analysis of long-term (14 years: Jan 1998– Dec 2011) changes in box jellyfish abundance at Waikiki Beach. We tested...

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Autores principales: Chiaverano, Luciano M., Holland, Brenden S., Crow, Gerald L., Blair, Landy, Yanagihara, Angel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3806728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24194856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077039