Environmental control of phase transition and polyp survival of a massive-outbreaker jellyfish.

A number of causes have been proposed to account for the occurrence of gelatinous zooplankton (both jellyfish and ctenophore) blooms. Jellyfish species have a complex life history involving a benthic asexual phase (polyp) and a pelagic sexual phase (medusa). Strong environmental control of jellyfish...

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Main Authors: Laura Prieto, Diana Astorga, Gabriel Navarro, Javier Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2972201?pdf=render