First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1206-1211

  Sweetman, Andrew K ^a,b   Chapman, Annelise ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Runde Environmental Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon content; Deep sea; Fjords; Jelly falls; Nitrogen content; Periphylla periphylla; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; DEEP-SEA; FJORDS; JELLY-FALLS; NITROGEN CONTENT; PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA; SCAVENGERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; DISTURBANCE; JELLYFISH; NITROGEN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCAVENGER; SEAFLOOR; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

NORWAY;

CARIDEAN; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 83555165881     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Arai M.N. Predation on pelagic coelenterates: a review. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2005, 85:523-536.
2. Billett D.S.M., Bett B.J., Jacobs C.L., Rouse I.P., Wigham B.D. Mass deposition of jellyfish in the deep Arabian Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 2006, 51(5):2077-2083.
3. Daryanabard R., Dawson M.N. Jellyfish blooms: Crambionella orsini (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, 2002-2003. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008, 88(3):477-483.
4. Doyle T.K., Houghton J.D.R., McDevitt R., Davenport J., Hays G.C. The energy density of jellyfish: estimates from bomb-calorimetry and proximate-composition. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2007, 343:239-252.
5. Fosså J.H. Mass occurrence of Periphylla periphylla (Scyphozoa, Coronatae) in a Norwegian fjord. Sarsia 1992, 77:237-251.
6. Gebruk A.V., Southward E.C., Kennedy H., Southward A.J. Food-sources, behaviour, and distribution of hydrothermal vent shrimps at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2000, 80:485-499.
7. Gorsky G., Flood P.R., Youngbluth M., Picheral M., Grisoni J.-M. Zooplankton distribution in four western Norwegian fjords. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2000, 50:129-135.
8. Grassle J.F., Maciolek N.J. Deep-sea species richness: regional and local diversity estimates from quantitative bottom samples. American Naturalist 1992, 139:313-341.
9. Jamieson A.J., Fujii T., Solan M., Matsumoto A.K., Bagley P.M., Priede I.G. First findings of decapod crustacea in the hadal zone. Deep-Sea Research I 2009, 56:641-647.
10. Jeffreys R.M., Lavaleye M.S.S., Bergman M.J.N., Duineveld G.C.A., Witbaard R., Linley T. Deep-sea macrourid fishes scavenge on plant material: evidence from in-situ observations. Deep-Sea Research I 2010, 57:621-627.
11. Lawson G.S., Tyler P.A., Young C.M. Attraction of deep-sea amphipods to macrophyte food falls. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1993, 169:33-39.
12. Lebrato M., Jones D.O.B. Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa). Limnology and Oceanography 2009, 54(4):1197-1209.
13. Pitt K.A., Welsh D.T., Condon R.H. Influence of jellyfish blooms on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous cycling and plankton production. Hydrobiologia 2009, 616:133-149.
14. Premke K., Klages M., Arntz W.E. Aggregations of Arctic deep-sea scavengers at large food falls: temporal distribution, consumption rates and population structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 325:121-135.
15. Purcell J.E., Uye S., Lo W.T. Anthropogenic causes of jellyfish blooms and their direct consequences for humans: a review. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 350:153-174.
16. Richardson A.J., Bakun A., Hays G.C., Gibbons M.J. The jellyfish joyride: causes, consequences and management responses to a more gelatinous future. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2009, 24(6):312-322.
17. Smith C.R., Baco A.R. Ecology of whale falls at the deep-sea floor. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 2003, 41:311-354.
18. Smith C.R., DeLeo F.C., Bernadino A.F., Sweetman A.K., Martinez P. Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2008, 23(9):518-528.
19. Smith K.L., Ruhl H.A., Bett B.J., Billett D.S.M., Lampitt R.S., Kaufmann R.S. Climate, carbon cycling and deep-ocean ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 2009, 106(46):19211-19218.
20. Snelgrove P.V.R., Smith C.R. A riot of species in an environmental calm: the paradox of the species-rich deep-sea. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 2002, 40:311-342.
21. Sumida P.Y.G., Bernadino A.F., Stedall V.P., Glover A.G., Smith C.R. Temporal changes in benthic megafaunal abundance and composition across the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf: results from video surveys. Deep-Sea Research II 2008, 55:2465-2477.
22. Sørnes T.A., Aksnes D.L., Båmstedt U., Youngbluth M.J. Causes of mass occurrences of the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla: a hypothesis that involves optically conditioned retention. Journal of Plankton Research 2007, 29(2):157-167.
23. Titleman J., Riemann L., Sørnes T.A., Nilsen T., Griekspoor P., Båmstedt U. Turnover of dead jellyfish: stimulation and retardation of microbial activity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 325:43-58.
24. Vetter E.W. Detritus-based patches of high secondary production in the nearshore benthos. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1995, 120:251-262.
25. Vetter E.W., Smith C.R., De Leo F.C. Hawaiian hotspots: enhanced megafaunal abundance and diversity in submarine canyons on the oceanic islands of Hawaii. Marine Ecology 2010, 31:183-199.
26. Wassman P. Sedimentation and benthic mineralization of organic detritus in a Norwegian fjord. Marine Biology 1984, 83(1):1432-1793.
27. Yamamoto J., Hirose M., Ohtani T., Sugimoto K., Hirase K., Shimamoto N., Shimura T., Honda N., Fujimora Y., Mukai T. Transportation of organic matter to the seafloor by carrion falls of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai in the Sea of Japan. Marine Biology 2008, 153:311-317.
28. Youngbluth M.J., Båmstedt U. Distribution, abundance, behaviour and metabolism of Periphylla periphylla, a mesopelagic coronate medusa in a Norwegian fjord. Hydrobiologia 2001, 451:321-333.