The Mnemiopsis Jellyfish

People have always recognized jellyfish as that thing that will sting you while you are swimming, but now they will be known as a more severe problem than a simple sting. The jellyfish is causing problems with humans by disrupting electricity in Japan, Israel and Scotland as well as harming fisheries in the Black Sea. These issues are causing people to loose money that already have trouble just making enough to have simple necessities. These jellyfish blooms are a problem, but people have found a solution to the issues these monsters are

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

It’s a beautiful day at the beach, the sun is shining down on you as you float and drift on top of the waves. As you lay there without a care in the world, you are suddenly interrupted by a massive swarm of jellyfish; also known as a bloom. Not only does this send you into sudden terror, it also causes a much bigger threat to the ecosystem below you. The excessive growth of jellyfish swarm drastically lowers the population of fish eggs in the ecosystem. Because of this, fishermen lose millions of dollars. People in local communities are figuring out ways to solve this mass production.

In this research paper I will talk about how a large decrease in the algae population in the Chesapeake Bay will cause problems for not just fish and other species but the people who fish and make a living off of it. A large decrease in algae population will have a domino effect on the food chain. Having a major decrease in algae will hurt how others species live and protect themselves.

The Cannonball Jellyfish is a species of jellyfish in the family Stomolophidae. It is a blueish brown bulb shaped similarly to a cannonball and thus has radial symmetry. For defense, it stings whatever gets close enough with its short jelly-shrouded tentacles covered in nematocysts. These nematocysts also dispense a mucus containing a toxin that scares away most predators.However, the venom that is used is rather impotent.For food, they trap small prey like plankton or larvae by trapping them in their mucus-covered mouth-folds. They move around by either following a current, or moving in such a way that they are propelled vertically in the way they are facing. These balls of fun generally live

Jellyfish can be seen in freshwater and saltwater inhabiting everywhere it goes. Some may see jellyfish depicted in media such as the television show “SpongeBob SquarePants” as a fun recreational sport of catching Jellyfish in butterfly nets. Though most may recognize the creatures as your worse nightmare on a beach and avoiding getting stung by them. However, researchers and explorers have found effects that jellyfish have on impacting the ecosystem and life style of others. These findings have shown a divide between the benefits and negative outcomes they have.

The swarming populations of jellyfish are creating a problem for Commercial fishermen. Commercial fishermen used to have a thriving business. Although the jellyfish are eating all their profit, there may be a sweet solution

The Black Sea is 90% hypoxic, which causes a collapse of the benthos and mass mortality of valuable bottom-dwelling fish like turbot and flounder. In the Baltic Sea, a branch between Denmark and Sweden called Kattegat, Norwegian lobster fishing was eliminating (Joyce, 2000).

In my ecology project the invasive species that interested me the most was the zebra mussel. In this report, I will be addressing the negative impacts that zebra mussels have on an ecosystem and the positive impacts of human actions on those ecosystems.

This article, “Oceans of Pollution” is written by Dahr Jamail. He presents this article with many details to support his argument. Two main topics with support are used, which is how plastic is causing a great pollution affecting the fertility rates of the fish because fish can ingest tiny sizes of plastic therefore harming the creatures. As well, another topic in this article is the dead zone affecting the ocean, caused by natural environment, climate changing the temperature and human factors. This article mainly presents this article to the government to suggest for change and to humans, many who are biologists, who care about this huge problem. With the intensity of the ocean’s pollution, the article uses three rhetorical topics, pathos,

Marine life is a mysterious and clouded mystery, although there are somethings we know, such as the damage that indigenous species, like the lionfish, can cause. Lionfish have affected marine life by feeding on various species, harmed tourism, and are almost impossible to remove from the affected oceans, this will have an absolutely chaotic effect on the surrounding land.

This article contained the most information of the four articles provided. The authors provided very detailed information about each of the factors that lead to the jellyfish population increase, most of which are backed by science. They divided the information by the five causes that lead the growth of the jellyfish, which are defined as overfishing, eutrophication, climate change, translocations and habitat modification and provided evidence to support each point. They state that there are many reasons that can affect the growth of jellyfish and can lead to a drastic change in the marine food chain. Richardson et al. organized the material well and provided enough information to convey the idea clearly though some information under the five causes did not have that much scientific

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

Lastly we used the neck of a water bottle to hold bait that would attract marine life to the ROV. That would allow us to observe the animal through our camera. The bait holding device was painted and shaped like a jellyfish to add to the aesthetics of our ROV.