The energy density of jellyfish: Estimates from bomb-calorimetry and proximate-composition |
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Authors: | Thomas K. Doyle Jonathan D.R. Houghton John Davenport |
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Affiliation: | a Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland b Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK c Avian Science Research Centre, Animal Health Group, SAC Ayr, KA6 5HW, UK d Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall Cork, Ireland |
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Abstract: | Two techniques are described to calculate energy densities for the bell, gonad and oral arm tissues of three scyphozoan jellyfish (Cyanea capillata, Rhizostoma octopus and Chrysaora hysoscella). First, bomb-calorimetry was used, a technique that is readily available and inexpensive. However, the reliability of this technique for gelatinous material is contentious. Second, further analysis involving the more labour intensive proximate-composition analysis (protein, fat and carbohydrate) was carried out on two species (C. capillata and R. octopus). These proximate data were subsequently converted to energy densities. The two techniques (bomb-calorimetry and proximate-composition) gave very similar estimates of energy density. Differences in energy density were found both amongst different species and between different tissues of the same species. Mean (± S.D.) energy density estimates for whole animals from bomb-calorimetry were 0.18 ± 0.05, 0.11 ± 0.04, and 0.10 ± 0.03 kJ g wet mass− 1 for C. capillata, R. octopus, and C. hysoscella respectively. The implications of these low energy densities for species feeding on jellyfish are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Bioenergetic models Chrysaora Cyanea Foraging ecology Leatherback turtle Marine food webs Rhizostoma |
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