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Journal of Plankton Research 2008 30(12):1431-1436; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbn088
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The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi overwinters in high abundances in the subarctic Baltic Sea

Satu Viitasalo*, Maiju Lehtiniemi and Tarja Katajisto

Finnish Institute of Marine Research, PO Box 2 FI-00561, Helsinki, Finland

* CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: satu.viitasalo{at}fimr.fi

Received on June 6, 2008; accepted on August 13, 2008


  Abstract

We report successful overwintering of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic Sea, demonstrated by the highest abundances ever observed in the northern parts of this subarctic brackish-water ecosystem.

Corresponding editor: Roger Harris


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