Date of Award
1985
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Biology
Abstract
The distribution of organisms in an estuary is affected by a plethora of environmental factors. The ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, is found to exists over a wide range of these factors, temperature and salinity in particular, allowing it to occupy the estuary year round and make use of low salinity areas unavailable to most marine organisms.
Recommended Citation
Leder, James J. III, "The distribution of the ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi (A. Agassiz), in a vertical thermal gradient" (1985). Honors Theses. 1099.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1099