Increased occurrence of the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla in the European high Arctic

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Geoffroy, Maxime, Berge, Jørgen, Majaneva, Sanna, Johnsen, Geir, Langbehn, Tom J., Cottier, Finlo, Mogstad, Aksel Alstad, Zolich, Artur, Last, Kim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Helmet jellyfish; Polar night; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Svalbard; Borealization; Arctic; Medusa; Norwegian Sea; Polar Biology; polar night; midnight sun; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/15377685-2b54-4ecd-82f4-33f3acb140e5; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2368-4; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/3763770/Geoffroy_et_al._2018_Periphylla_increase_in_the_Arctic.pdf; http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00300-018-2368-4

The jellyfish Periphylla periphylla, which can have strong ecological impacts on its environment, is ubiquitous in the Norwegian Sea and its range was predicted to extend northwards. The occurrence of P. periphylla in the northern Barents Sea increased since 2014 and, for the first time, several ind...