Carbon content of the neritic scyphomedusa Chrysaora fuscescens |
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Authors: | Shenker Jonathan M. |
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Affiliation: | Oregon State University College of Oceanography, Hatfield Marine Science Center Newport, OR 97365, USA 1Bodega Marine Laboratory Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA |
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Abstract: | An analysis of the role of scyphomedusae in a planktonic ecosystemrequires that biomass or numerical abundance estimates be convertibleinto standard units for comparison with other components ofthe planktonic community. One species under investigation isthe brown sea nettle, Chrysaora fuscescens, which is very abundantin coastal waters of the west coast of North America (Shenker,1984). For this species, the carbon content of whole immatureanimals and the body components of sexually mature medusae weredetermined. Immature medusae contained a mean carbon content0.202% of the wet weight. The bell, oral arms and gonadal tissueof mature medusae had mean carbon levels 0.156, 0.554 and 0.576%of the wet weight, respectively. When the relative proportionsof these body tissues were calculated, the mean carbon contentof whole mature medusae was determined to be 0.280% of the wetweight. |
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