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An alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and its impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey

Year 2010, Volume: 16 Issue: 2, 149 - 156, 01.08.2010

Bayram Öztürk And Melek İşinibilir Bayram Öztürk

Abstract

Abstract An alien scyphomedusa Rhopilema nomadica human health, tourism and fisheries Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The painful stings of jellyfish may pose a danger to holiday makers. A monitoring programme is recommended for the impacts on tourism, human health and fisheries to mitigate of the effect of this jellyfish.

Keywords

Key words: Rhopilema nomadica Mediterranean coast of Turkey invasive species.

References

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  • Ates, R.M.L. (1991). Predation on Cnidaria by vertebrates other than fishes. Hydrobiologia 216/217: 305–307.
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  • Avsar, D., Çevik, C. and Türeli C. (1996). İskenderun Körfezi için yeni bir tür olan (Rhopilema nomadica)’nın biyometrisi ve Yumurtalık Koyundaki bulunurluğu. XIII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 17-20 Eylül 1996 İstanbul. Düzenleyen Kuruluş: İ.Ü. Fen Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü.
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  • Faasse, M.A. and Bayha, K.M. (2006). The ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 in coastal waters of the Netherlands: an unrecognized invasion? Aquatic Invasions 1: 270-277.
  • Galil, B. S., Spanier, E. and Ferguson, W.W. (1990). The Scyphomedusae of the Mediterranean coast of Israel, including two lessepsian migrants new to the Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 64: 95-105.
  • Galil, B.S., Shoval, L. and Goren, M. (2009). Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) reappeared off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions 4: 481-483.
  • Gravili, C., D’Ambrosio, P., Di Camillo, C., Renna, G., Bouillon, J. and Boero, F. (2008). Clytia hummelincki (Hydroidomedusae, Leptomedusae) in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK. 88: 1547-1553.
  • Harrison, N.M. (1984). Predation on jellyfish and their associates by seabirds. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29: 1335–1337.
  • Isinibilir, M. and Tarkan, A.N. (2002). Distribution of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Agassiz, 1865) in the northeastern Aegean Sea in August 1998. Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2: 129-132.
  • Isinibilir, M., Tarkan, A.N. and Kideys, A.E. (2004). Decreased levels of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis in the Sea of Marmara in 2001. Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Seas, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 155-165.
  • Javidpour, J., Sommer, U. and Shiganova, T.A. (2006). First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 in the Baltic Sea. Aquatic Invasions 1: 299- 302.
  • Kideys, A. E. and Gucu, A. C. (1995). Rhopilema nomadica: A Lessepsian scyphomedusan new to the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 615-617.
  • Mills, C.E. (2001). Jellyfish blooms: are populations increasing globally in response to changing ocean conditions. Hydrobiologia, 451: 55-68.
  • Özgür, E. and Öztürk, B. (2008). A population of the alien jellyfish, Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775) [Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomea] in the Ölüdeniz Lagoon, Turkey. Aquatic Invasions, 3: 423-428.
  • Shiganova, T. and Malej, A. (2009). Native and non-native ctenophores in the Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic Sea. J. Plankton Res. 31: 61-71.
  • Shiganova, T.A., Kamakin, A., Zhukova, D.P., Ushivtzhev, V.B., Dulimov, A.B. and Musaeva, E. (2001). New invader in the Caspian Sea - ctenophore Mnemiopsis and its initial effect on the pelagic ecosystem. Oceanology 41: 542- 549.
  • Silfen, R., Vilan, A., Wohl, I. and Leviav, A. (2003). Mediterranean jellyfish (Rhopilema nomadica) sting. Burns. 29: 868–870.
  • Spanier, E. and Galil, B.S. (1991). Lessepsian migration: A continuous biogeographical process. Endeavour. 15: 102-106.

Year 2010, Volume: 16 Issue: 2, 149 - 156, 01.08.2010

Bayram Öztürk And Melek İşinibilir Bayram Öztürk

Abstract

References

  • Arai, M.N. (2005). Predation on pelagic coelenterates: a review. J. Mar. Ass. U.K. 85: 523-536.
  • Ates, R.M.L. (1991). Predation on Cnidaria by vertebrates other than fishes. Hydrobiologia 216/217: 305–307.
  • Avşar, D. (1999). Physico-Chemical characteristics of the Eastern Mediterranean in relation to distribution of the new Scyphomedusa (Rhopilema nomadica). Turk. J. Zool. 23: 605-616.
  • Avsar, D., Çevik, C. and Türeli C. (1996). İskenderun Körfezi için yeni bir tür olan (Rhopilema nomadica)’nın biyometrisi ve Yumurtalık Koyundaki bulunurluğu. XIII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 17-20 Eylül 1996 İstanbul. Düzenleyen Kuruluş: İ.Ü. Fen Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü.
  • Bilecenoğlu, M. (2002). Türkiye kıyılarında ilk kez rastlanan bir denizanası türü: Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskal, 1775) (Cassiopeidae, Scyphozoa). Sualtı Dünyası Dergisi 72: 42-43.
  • Boudouresque, C.F. (1999). The Red Sea Mediterranean link: Unwanted effects of canals. In Sandlund, O. T. Schei, P.J. Viken, A. (Eds), Invasive Species and Biodiversity management. Dordrecht/ Boston/ London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. XII, 431pp. (ISBN 0-412-84080-4).
  • Çevik, C., Erkol, I.L. and Toklu, B. (2006). A new record of an alien jellyfish from the levantine coast of Turkey – Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskal, 1775) (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomea). Aquatic Invasions 1: 196-197.
  • CIESM (2001). Gelatinous plankton outbreaks: theory and practice. CIESM workshop Series 14, 112 pp.
  • Faasse, M.A. and Bayha, K.M. (2006). The ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 in coastal waters of the Netherlands: an unrecognized invasion? Aquatic Invasions 1: 270-277.
  • Galil, B. S., Spanier, E. and Ferguson, W.W. (1990). The Scyphomedusae of the Mediterranean coast of Israel, including two lessepsian migrants new to the Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 64: 95-105.
  • Galil, B.S., Shoval, L. and Goren, M. (2009). Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) reappeared off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions 4: 481-483.
  • Gravili, C., D’Ambrosio, P., Di Camillo, C., Renna, G., Bouillon, J. and Boero, F. (2008). Clytia hummelincki (Hydroidomedusae, Leptomedusae) in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK. 88: 1547-1553.
  • Harrison, N.M. (1984). Predation on jellyfish and their associates by seabirds. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29: 1335–1337.
  • Isinibilir, M. and Tarkan, A.N. (2002). Distribution of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Agassiz, 1865) in the northeastern Aegean Sea in August 1998. Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2: 129-132.
  • Isinibilir, M., Tarkan, A.N. and Kideys, A.E. (2004). Decreased levels of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis in the Sea of Marmara in 2001. Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Seas, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 155-165.
  • Javidpour, J., Sommer, U. and Shiganova, T.A. (2006). First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 in the Baltic Sea. Aquatic Invasions 1: 299- 302.
  • Kideys, A. E. and Gucu, A. C. (1995). Rhopilema nomadica: A Lessepsian scyphomedusan new to the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 615-617.
  • Mills, C.E. (2001). Jellyfish blooms: are populations increasing globally in response to changing ocean conditions. Hydrobiologia, 451: 55-68.
  • Özgür, E. and Öztürk, B. (2008). A population of the alien jellyfish, Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775) [Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomea] in the Ölüdeniz Lagoon, Turkey. Aquatic Invasions, 3: 423-428.
  • Shiganova, T. and Malej, A. (2009). Native and non-native ctenophores in the Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic Sea. J. Plankton Res. 31: 61-71.
  • Shiganova, T.A., Kamakin, A., Zhukova, D.P., Ushivtzhev, V.B., Dulimov, A.B. and Musaeva, E. (2001). New invader in the Caspian Sea - ctenophore Mnemiopsis and its initial effect on the pelagic ecosystem. Oceanology 41: 542- 549.
  • Silfen, R., Vilan, A., Wohl, I. and Leviav, A. (2003). Mediterranean jellyfish (Rhopilema nomadica) sting. Burns. 29: 868–870.
  • Spanier, E. and Galil, B.S. (1991). Lessepsian migration: A continuous biogeographical process. Endeavour. 15: 102-106.
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Publication Date August 1, 2010
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APA İşinibilir, B. Ö. A. M. ., & Öztürk, B. (2010). An alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and its impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, 16(2), 149-156.
AMA İşinibilir BÖAM, Öztürk B. An alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and its impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. August 2010;16(2):149-156.
Chicago İşinibilir, Bayram Öztürk And Melek, and Bayram Öztürk. “An Alien Jellyfish Rhopilema Nomadica and Its Impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean Part of Turkey”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 16, no. 2 (August 2010): 149-56.
EndNote İşinibilir BÖAM, Öztürk B (August 1, 2010) An alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and its impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 16 2 149–156.
IEEE B. Ö. A. M. . İşinibilir and B. Öztürk, “An alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and its impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey”, Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 149–156, 2010.
ISNAD İşinibilir, Bayram Öztürk And Melek - Öztürk, Bayram. “An Alien Jellyfish Rhopilema Nomadica and Its Impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean Part of Turkey”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 16/2 (August 2010), 149-156.
JAMA İşinibilir BÖAM, Öztürk B. An alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and its impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. 2010;16:149–156.
MLA İşinibilir, Bayram Öztürk And Melek and Bayram Öztürk. “An Alien Jellyfish Rhopilema Nomadica and Its Impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean Part of Turkey”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol. 16, no. 2, 2010, pp. 149-56.
Vancouver İşinibilir BÖAM, Öztürk B. An alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and its impacts to the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. 2010;16(2):149-56.