Planktonic cnidarian distribution and feeding of Pelagia noctiluca in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 645, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-165

  Sabatés, Ana ^a   Pagès, Francesc ^a   Atienza, Dacha ^a   Fuentes, Verónica ^a   Purcell, Jennifer E ^b,c   Gili, Josep María ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fish; Front; Hydromedusae; Ichythyoplankton; Jellyfish; Siphonophore

Indexed keywords

CO-OCCURRENCE; COASTAL WATERS; EARLY LIFE; FISH LARVAE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; INSHORE-OFFSHORE DISTRIBUTION; MEDUSAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; NW MEDITERRANEAN; OPEN SEA WATERS; PREY SELECTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; WAVE POWER;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; JELLYFISH; LARVA; MOLLUSC; OPEN WATER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ANTHO; CHAETOGNATHA; CNIDARIA; COPEPODA; ENGRAULIDAE; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; LEPTOMEDUSAE; MOLLUSCA; MUGGIAEA ATLANTICA; MYCTOPHIDAE; NARCOMEDUSAE; PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; SCYPHOZOA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS); SPARIDAE;

EID: 77952011073     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0221-z     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Alcaraz, M., E. Saiz & M. Estrada, 1994. Excretion of ammonia by zooplankton and its potential contribution to nitrogen requirements for primary production in the Catalan Sea (NW Mediterranean). Marine Biology 119: 69-76.
2. Andersen, V., P. Nival, P. Caparroy & A. Gubanova, 2001. Zooplankton community during the transition from spring bloom to oligotrophy in the open NW Mediterranean and effects of wind events. 1. Abundance and specific composition. Journal of Plankton Research 23: 227-242.
3. Bastić, M., N. Jasprica, M. Carić & D. Lučić, 2007. Annual cycle of the gelatinous invertebrate zooplankton of the eastern South Adriatic coast (NE Mediterranean). Journal of Plankton Research 29: 671-686.
4. Behrends, G. & G. Schneider, 1995. Impact of Aurelia aurita medusae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) on the standing stock and community composition of mesozooplankton in the Kiel Bight (western Baltic Sea). Marine Ecology Progress Series 127: 39-45.
5. Bouillon, J., M. D. Medel, F. Pagès, J. M. Gili, F. Boero & C. Gravili, 2004. Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa. Scientia Marina 68(Suppl 2): 1-438.
6. Brodeur, R. D., C. L. Suchman, D. C. Reese, T. W. Miller & E. A. Daly, 2008. Spatial overlap and trophic interactions between pelagic fish and large jellyfish in the northern California Current. Marine Biology 154: 649-659.
7. Chesson, J., 1978. Measuring preference in selective predation. Ecology 59: 211-215.
8. Cowan, J. H. & E. D. Houde, 1992. Size-dependent predation on marine fish larvae by ctenophores, scyphomedusae and planktivorous fish. Fisheries Oceanography 1: 113-126.
9. Dallot, S., J. Goy & C. Carré, 1988. Peuplements de carnivores planctoniques gélatineux et structures productives en Méditerranée occidentale. Oceanologica Acta 10: 193-209.
10. Doyle, T. K., H. de Hass, D. Cotton, B. Dorshel, V. Cummins, J. D. R. Houghton, J. Davenport & G. C. Hays, 2008. Widespread occurrence of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca in Irish coastal and shelf waters. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 963-968.
11. Estrada, M. & R. Margalef, 1988. Supply of nutrients to the Mediterranean photic zone across a persistent front. In Minas, H. J. & P. Nival (eds), Pelagic Mediterranean Oceanography. Oceanologica Acta 9: 133-142.
12. Estrada, M., C. Marrasé, M. Latasa, E. Berdalet, M. Delgado & T. Riera, 1993. Variability of deep chlorophyll maximum characteristics in the Northwestern Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 92: 289-300.
13. Estrada, M., R. A. Varela, J. Salat, A. Cruzado & E. Arias, 1999. Spatio-temporal variability of the winter phytoplankton distribution across the Catalan and North Balearic fronts (NW Mediterranean). Journal of Plankton Research 21: 1-20.
14. Fancett, M. S., 1988. Diet and prey selectivity of scyphomedusae from Port Phillip Bay, Australia. Marine Biology 98: 503-509.
15. Font, J., J. Salat & J. Tintoré, 1988. Permanent features of the circulation of the Catalan Sea. In Minas, H. J. & P. Nival (eds), Pelagic Mediterranean Oceanography. Oceanologica Acta 9: 51-57.
16. Franks, P. J. S., 1992. Sink or swim: accumulation of biomass at fronts. Marine Ecology Progress Series 82: 1-12.
17. García-Ladona, E., J. Tintoré, J. M. Pinot, J. Font & M. Manríquez, 1994. Surface circulations and dynamics of the Balearic Sea. In La Violette, P. E. (ed.), Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Western Mediterranean Sea. AGU, Washington. Coastal and Estuarine Studies 46: 73-91.
18. Gili, J. M. & F. Pagès, 2005. Les proliferacions de meduses. Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears 48: 9-22.
19. Gili, J. M., F. Pagès & F. Vives, 1987a. Distribution and ecology of a population of planktonic cnidarians in the western Mediterranean. In Bouillon, J., F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P. F. S. Cornelius (eds), Modern Trends in the Systematics. Ecology and Evolution of Hydroids and Hydromedusae. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 157-170.
20. Gili, J. M., F. Pagès & T. Riera, 1987b. Distribución de las especies más frecuentes de sifonóforos calicóforos en la zona norte del Mediterráneo occidental. Investigación Pesquera 51: 323-338.
21. Gili, J. M., F. Pagès, A. Sabatés & J. D. Ros, 1988. Small-scale distribution of a cnidarian population in the western Mediterranean. Journal of Plankton Research 10: 385-401.
22. Giorgi, R., M. Avian, S. De Olazabal, L. Rottini-Sandrini, 1991. Feeding of Pelagia noctiluca in open sea. Jellyfish Blooms in the Mediterranean. Proceedings of II Workshop on Jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea. UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan, Technical Reports Series 47: 102-111.
23. Graham, W. M., F. Pagès & W. M. Hamner, 2001. A physical context for gelatinous zooplankton aggregations: a review. Hydrobiologia 451: 199-212.
24. Larson, R. J., 1987. Respiration and carbon turnover rates of medusae from the NE Pacific. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 87A: 93-100.
25. Lučić, D., A. Benović, M. Batistić, J. Njire & V. Onofri, 2005. Calycophorae (Siphonophora) in the open waters of the central and southern Adriatic Sea during spring 2002. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 495-501.
26. Mackie, G. O., P. R. Pugh & J. E. Purcell, 1987. Siphonophore Biology. Advances in Marine Biology 24: 97-262.
27. Madin, L. P., 1988. Feeding behaviour of tentaculate predators: in situ observation and a conceptual model. Bulletin of Marine Science 43: 413-429.
28. Malej, A., 1989. Behaviour and trophic ecology of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 126: 259-270.
29. Malej, A., J. Faganeli & J. Pezdič, 1993. Stable isotope and biochemical fractionation in the marine pelagic food chain: the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca and net zooplankton. Marine Biology 116: 565-570.
30. Mariottini, G. L., E. Giacco & L. Pane, 2008. The mauve stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775). Distribution, ecology, toxicity and epidemiology of stings. A review. Marine Drugs 6: 496-513.
31. Martin, D., M. Claret, S. Pinedo & R. Sardá, 1997. Vertical and spatial distribution of the near-shore littoral meroplankton off the Bay of Blanes (NW Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Plankton Research 19: 2079-2089.
32. Masó, M., A. Sabatés & M. P. Olivar, 1998. Short-term physical and biological variability in the shelf-slope region of the NW Mediterranean during the spring transition period. Continental Shelf Research 18: 661-675.
33. Mills, C. E., 2001. Jellyfish blooms: are populations increasing globally in response to changing ocean conditions? Hydrobiologia 451: 55-68.
34. Molinero, J. C., F. Ibanez & P. Nival, 2005. North Atlantic climate and northwestern Mediterranean plankton variability. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 1213-1220.
35. Möller, H., 1980. Scyphomedusae as predators and food competitors of larval fish. Meeresforschung 28: 90-100.
36. Möller, H., 1984. Reduction of a larval herring population by jellyfish predator. Science 224: 621-622.
37. Motoda, S., 1959. Devices of simple plankton apparatus. Memoires of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 7: 73-94.
38. Olesen, N. J., J. E. Purcell & D. K. Stoecker, 1996. Feeding and growth by ephyrae of scyphomedusae Chrysaora quinquecirrha. Marine Ecology Progress Series 137: 149-159.
39. Olivar, M. P. & A. Sabatés, 1997. Vertical distribution of fish larvae in the north-west Mediterranean Sea in spring. Marine Biology 129: 289-300.
40. Olivar, M. P., J. Salat & I. Palomera, 2001. Comparative study of spatial distribution patterns of the early stages of anchovy and pilchard in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 217: 111-120.
41. Pagès, F., H. E. González, M. Ramón, M. Sobrazo & J. M. Gili, 2001. Gelatinous zooplankton assemblages associated with water masses in the Humbolt Current System, and potential predatory impact by Bassia bassensis (Siphonophora: Calycophorae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 210: 13-24.
42. 2. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 914-923.
43. Purcell, J. E., 1981. Dietary composition and diel feeding patterns of epipelagic siphonophores. Marine Biology 65: 83-90.
44. Purcell, J. E., 1982. Feeding and growth in the siphonophore Muggiaea atlantica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 62: 39-54.
45. Purcell, J. E., 1985. Predation on fish eggs and larvae by pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores. Bulletin of Marine Science 37: 739-755.
46. Purcell, J. E., 1989. Predation on fish larvae and eggs by the hydromedusa Aequorea victoria at a herring spawning ground in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46: 1415-1427.
47. Purcell, J. E., 1990. Soft-bodied zooplankton predators and competitors of larval herring (Clupea harengus pallasi) at herring spawning grounds in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47: 505-515.
48. Purcell, J. E., 1997. Pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores as predators: selective predation, feeding rates, and effects on prey populations. Annales de l'Institut océanographique, Paris 73: 125-137.
49. Purcell, J. E. & M. N. Arai, 2001. Interactions of pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores with fish: a review. Hydrobiologia 451: 27-44.
50. Purcell, J. E. & J. J. Grover, 1990. Predation and food limitation as causes of mortality in larval herring at a spawning ground in British Columbia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 59: 55-61.
51. Purcell, J. E. & C. E. Mills, 1988. The correlation of nematocyst types to diets in pelagic Hydrozoa. In Hessinger, D. A. & H. M. Lenhoff (eds), The Biology of Nematocysts. Academic Press, San Diego: 463-485.
52. Purcell, J. E. & M. V. Sturdevant, 2001. Prey selection and dietary overlap among zooplanktivorous jellyfish and juvenile fishes in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine Ecology Progress Series 210: 67-83.
53. Purcell, J. E., D. A. Nemazie, S. E. Dorsey, E. D. Houde & J. C. Gamble, 1994. Predation mortality of bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli eggs and larvae due to schyphomedusae and ctenophores in Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 114: 47-58.
54. Purcell, J. E., S.-I. Uye & W.-T. Lo, 2007. Anthropogenic causes of jellyfish blooms and direct consequences for humans: a review. Marine Ecology Progress Series 350: 153-174.
55. Razouls, S. & A. Thiriot, 1968. Le macroplancton de la région de Banyuls-sur-mer (Golfe du Lion). Vie Milieu 19: 133-184.
56. Riera, T., J. M. Gili & F. Pagès, 1986. Estudio cuantitativo y estacional de dos poblaciones de cnidarios planctonicos frente a las costas de Barcelona (Mediterráneo occidental): Ciclos entre 1966-67; 1982-83. Miscelánea Zoológica 10: 23-32.
57. Rottini Sandrini, L. & M. Avian, 1989. Feeding mechanism of Pelagia noctiluca (Scyphozoa: Semaeostomeae); laboratory and open sea observations. Marine Biology 102: 49-55.
58. Sabatés, A., 1990. Distribution pattern of larval fish populations in the northwestern Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 59: 75-82.
59. Sabatés, A., 2004. Diel variability of fish larvae distribution during the winter mixing period in the NW Mediterranean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61: 1243-1252.
60. Sabatés, A., J. M. Gili & F. Pagès, 1989. Relationship between zooplankton distribution, geographic characteristics and hydrographic patterns off the Catalan coast (western Mediterranean). Marine Biology 103: 153-159.
61. Sabatés, A., J. Salat & M. Masó, 2004. Spatial heterogeneity of fish larvae across a meandering current in the northwestern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research I 51: 545-557.
62. Sabatés, A., M. P. Olivar, J. Salat, I. Palomera & F. Alemany, 2007a. Physical and biological processes controlling the distribution of fish larvae in the NW Mediterranean. Progress in Oceanography 74: 355-376.
63. Sabatés, A., J. Salat, I. Palomera, M. Emelianov, M. L. Fernández de Puelles & M. P. Olivar, 2007b. Advection of anchovy larvae along the Catalan continental slope (NW Mediterranean). Fisheries Oceanography 16: 130-141.
64. Sabatés, A., N. Zaragoza, C. Grau & J. Salat, 2008. Vertical distribution of early developmental stages in two coexisting clupeoid species, Sardinella aurita and Engraulis encrasicolus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 364: 169-180.
65. Saiz, E., A. Calbet, X. Irigoien & M. Alcaraz, 1999. Copepod egg production in the western Mediterranean: response to food availability in oligotrophic environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 187: 179-189.
66. Salat, J., 1996. Review of hydrographic environmental factors that may influence anchovy habitats in northwestern Mediterranean. Scientia Marina 60(Suppl. 2): 21-32.
67. Sullivan, B. K., C. L. Suchman & J. H. Costello, 1997. Mechanics of prey selection by ephyrae of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita. Marine Biology 130: 213-222.
68. Totton, A. K., 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophorae. British Museum Natural History, London.
69. Vives, F., 1966. Zooplancton nerítico de las aguas de Castellón (Mediterráneo occidental). Investigación Pesquera 30: 49-166.
70. Zavodnik, D., 1987. Spatial aggregations of the swarming jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Scyphozoa). Marine Biology 94: 265-269.
71. Zavodnik, D., 1991. On the food and feeding in the northern Adriatic of Pelagia noctiluca (Scyphozoa). Jellyfish Blooms in the Mediterranean. Proceedings of II Workshop on Jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea. UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan, Technical Reports Series 47: 212-216.