How Jellyfish Affect The Ecosystem

Jellyfish stings are a major and increasing problem in Australia and require prompt medical treatment to prevent extensive injury or death (1). There are many methods to the treatment of Box Jellyfish envenomation in Australia; from sea water and ice, to vinegar and urine (1). Therefore, it is vital to remain relevant with current research and literature on the best treatment of this controversial topic, to ensure patients are receiving the best possible care. This paper will include a reflective paper on current literature pertaining to the topic and the practicality of interventions and methods of management in the out-of-hospital setting. Furthermore, utilising this information, a critique of current local clinical practice guidelines (CPG) and Justifications and recommendations for amendments will be made.

Moon Jellyfish are in the “Animalia Kingdom, Phylum Cnidarian, Class Scyphozoan, Order Semaeostomeae, Family Ulmaridae, and Genus Aurelia” ( Myers, 2016 ; Espinosa, ; 2016 ; Parr, 2016 ; Jones, 2026 ; Hammond, 2016 ; Dewey, 2016). The morphological description of Cnidarians are corals, sea anemones, jellyfish and hydroids. These cnidarians form a diverse phylum that contains ~9000 species, which live in aquatic (predominantly marine) environments. The phylum-defining trait of Cnidaria is the stinging cell, the nematocyte an extrusive organelle used for predation, adhesion and defense (Holstein, 1981; Lengfeld et al., 2009; Tardent and Holstein, 1982) (Steele and Technau; 2011). Also, this phylum, Cnidarians, are divided into two groups, “Anthozoa (sea anemones, corals and sea pens), which live as

You may remember seeing the cute, seemingly harmless jellyfish in children TV shows when you were little. These innocent little creatures wouldn’t do a thing to harm anyone or anything. Right? While many people believe so, jellyfish are capable of electricity loss for days, and killing tons of people, due to an increase in their population. However, to stop these monsters in disguise, breeding another specific type of jellyfish, and taking away their resources will get rid of the overpopulation.

Overfishing is a death sentence to the world’s oceans. As technology continues to improve a great deal of fish can be caught quicker; but at what cost? The effects of overfishing can lead to the extinction of not just the animals being fished, but also the predators that rely on fish to eat. Ninety percent of the ocean’s largest animals have been wiped out due to overfishing (“Overfishing- A Global Disaster”, 2011). National Geographic cites the academic journal Science (2006) that predicts by 2048, all fisheries will collapse due to lack of ocean wildlife. Fish are not the only animal caught in the nets used by fishing vessels. Often animals such as dolphins, sharks, turtles, and seabirds are

In one article that I read Torbjorn Larsson, a spokesperson for E. ON, who owns Oskarshamn nuclear power plant, stated that “jellyfish caused a shutdown in 2005”. Surprisingly, these jellyfish go into the piping, and clog the system. Lucas Brotz, a jellyfish expert at the University of British Columbia has researched the jellyfish population. In one of his research studies reads that in Brotz’s research of 45 major marine ecosystems shows that 62% saw an uptick in blooms since 1950. Research shows that surging jellyfish numbers have caused power plant outages, demolished fisheries, and crowded our

Overfishing affects a biome by reducing the amount of species. According to the National Ocean Service (NOAA) the effects of overfishing in a coral reef biome leads to a limited amount of wildlife to reproduce. The ones that do reproduce will be smaller as larger wildlife which spawn more offspring are targeted and removed from the biome causing lower overall birth. This causes more algae to be in the environment which can lead to nutrient pollution due to a lack of wildlife that cleans the area of algae. The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) found that the effects of overfishing on the ocean also caused imbalances in the populations of wildlife such as tuna and the disruption on herbivores by overfishing such as scallops lead to algae bloom in the ocean as well.

On March 21st, our class went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The purpose of this trip was not only to explore Earth’s natural habitat’s, but it was also to gather information on our upcoming project and to gather information on how the community of St.Mary, affects the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The answer that we found out is one based off of what we eat. The Monterey Bay Aquarium released an app where it showed which type of seafood were lower in numbers than others. So, if plankton were very low in numbers, it is advised that we not fish for them or not eat as much of it. This shows based just off of what we eat, we can affect the numbers of in the ocean. Also, those plastic bags we buy at Target and Walmart, that we drop outside, drifts itself to the streams, which flow to rivers, which go to oceans, they are floating there, not doing much harm, until sea turtle comes by starts eating it, but gets tangled and choked in it, dies.

The topic of my essay is going to about the mnemiopsis jellyfish and the harm the do to fish in the ocean specifically the black sea. The problem with them is that they eat the larva and eggs of the fish. In result, the people who fish in the black sea for a living are losing their product.

"Big Fish in Troubled Waters" by Stephen Ornes informs you that our oceans and water life are being overfished resulting in a decrease in fish.

Jellyfish are beginning to take over. Although jellyfish are pretty to look at, they are causing damage to the ocean’s ecosystem. Jellyfish swim together in groups called swarms. According to Steve Hay, a Plankton ecologist “Science data shows that over the past few years there has been an increase in swarms of jellyfish”. Rosalind Foneman states “ Some species of jellyfish can release up to 40,000 eggs daily!” Therefore, you can understand how they are able to take over.

Commercial fisheries can do tremendous damage to the marine ecosystem if they are not managed properly. This became apparent in Newfoundland and Labrador during the 1990s, when decades of overfishing caused the northern cod stocks to collapse and resulted in a moratorium on the centuries-old industry. These were huge ecological and economic losses, which dictated an urgent need to change fisheries policy and practice in a way that would make the industry sustainable and protect marine biodiversity.

The Thing About Jellyfish, a 2015 New York Times bestseller by Ali Benjamin, takes place in South Grove, Massachusetts during the early autumn. The majority of the story unfolds in the Eugene Field Memorial Middle School, right after summer break. Nonetheless, as the story progresses, there are several specific places mentioned in the book, inside the same town, such as Suzy and Frannie’s houses, the airport or the aquarium where the plot begins. Even when the whole story takes place in a narrow setting, all places are important to the characters development, particularly the one from the main character.

NSF. "Research Areas." National Science Foundation. National Science Foundation, 2007. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jellyfish/textonly/biology_repro.jsp>.

A jellyfish is well adapted in it´s environment because of it´s well created body. Their need for energy is to capture prey by using it´s stinging cells against their prey to immobilize them. Their stinging cells reside within their tentacles so they can grapple their prey and sting them into immobilization. Their need to reproduce is somewhat strange. A jellyfish must obviously find a mate but they way they do it seems strange. The jellyfish release their sperm or eggs into the water, during their reproduction, where they are fertilized. When it becomes fertilized, the child is created right there as a tiny jellyfish. When dealing with predation the jellyfish has two things to protect it. One being the sting cells they have within them. The

The main causes of overfishing are poor fishery management with a lack of regulation, unrestricted access to the ocean and illegal fishing. During the last few decades the demand for edible seafood globally has skyrocketed and the high demand is causing us to overfish to keep up with the demand. Unfortunately, fisherman are catching more fish than can be naturally reproduced. There are only limited regulations in place, which means that fishing companies are basically fishing when and where they want to with out any oversite. Overfishing causes such serious effects such as the ocean life getting knocked out of balance. Coastal communities rely on the benefits of the fishing for social and economic health. When we overfish it