Jellyfish life histories: role of polyps in forming and maintaining scyphomedusa populations

CH Lucas, WM Graham, C Widmer - Advances in marine biology, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Large population fluctuations of jellyfish occur over a variety of temporal scales, from weekly
to seasonal, inter-annual and even decadal, with some regions of the world reported to be …

Reproduction and life history strategies of the common jellyfish, Aurelia aurita, in relation to its ambient environment

CH Lucas - Jellyfish Blooms: Ecological and Societal Importance …, 2001‏ - Springer
Abstract The scyphozoan Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus) is a cosmopolitan species, having been
reported from a variety of coastal and shelf sea environments around the world. It has been …

Unusual population explosion of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) in East Asian waters

M Kawahara, S Uye, K Ohtsu, H Iizumi - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2006‏ - int-res.com
A population explosion of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai (Scyphozoa:
Rhizostomeae) occurred in the Sea of Japan in 2002 and 2003, causing severe damage to …

Ecological and economic implications of a tropical jellyfish invader in the Gulf of Mexico

WM Graham, DL Martin, DL Felder, VL Asper… - … Patterns, processes and …, 2003‏ - Springer
A large population of a previously unreported jellyfish occurred across the northern Gulf of
Mexico (USA) from May through September of 2000. The jellyfish, identified as Phyllorhiza …

Effects of global warming on reproduction and potential dispersal of Mediterranean Cnidarians

S Rossi, C Gravili, G Milisenda… - The European …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Water temperature directly affects life cycles, reproductive periods, and metabolism of
organisms living the oceans, especially in the surface zones. Due to the ocean warming …

[ספר][B] What are jellyfishes and thaliaceans and why do they bloom?

CH Lucas, MN Dawson - 2014‏ - Springer
The jellyfishes and thaliaceans comprise primarily planktonic species of cnidarians,
ctenophores (jellyfishes) and chordates (thaliaceans or pelagic tunicates). Grouped together …

Size-based Prey Selectivity and Dietary Shifts in the Jellyfish, Aurelia aurita

WM Graham, RM Kroutil - Journal of Plankton Research, 2001‏ - academic.oup.com
Gut content analyses on field-caught Aurelia aurita showed both quantitative and qualitative
change in diet as a function of medusa size. Larger medusae tended towards greater …

New insights into placozoan sexual reproduction and development

M Eitel, L Guidi, H Hadrys, M Balsamo, B Schierwater - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Unraveling animal life cycles and embryonic development is basic to understanding animal
biology and often sheds light on phylogenetic relationships. A key group for understanding …

Sexual selection: the logical imperative

GA Parker, T Pizzari - Current perspectives on sexual selection: what's left …, 2015‏ - Springer
Modern sexual selection theory, developed from Darwin's original intuition, is a cornerstone
of evolutionary theory and represents the most parsimonious and robust explanation for a …

A character-based analysis of the evolution of jellyfish blooms: adaptation and exaptation

MN Dawson, WM Hamner - Hydrobiologia, 2009‏ - Springer
Mass occurrence—aggregation, blooming, or swarming—is a remarkable feature of a subset
of usually diverse scyphozoan clades, suggesting it is evolutionarily beneficial. If so, it …