Seasonal variation of gelatinous plankton consumption by fish in the South-western Atlantic Ocean: a question of strategyFootnote^*

* This research was conducted at Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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