Potential effects of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii on zooplankton community abundance

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Smith, Allison S., Alexander, James E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2008
• Subjects: ORIGINAL ARTICLES; Medusa; Copepods; Rotifer
• Online Access: http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/30/12/1323; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn093

In the autumn of 2006, the freshwater hydrozoan jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii was observed for the first time in a small lake in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Medusae were collected for two experiments involving the prey items Bosmina longirostris, Daphnia magna and Daphnia lumholtzi, and for a thir...