Coincident mass occurrence of gelatinous zooplankton in Northern Norway

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Knutsen, Tor, Hosia, Aino, Falkenhaug, Tone, Skern-Mauritzen, Rasmus, Wiebe, Peter H., Larsen, Roger B., Aglen, Asgeir, Berg, Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2018
• Subjects: jellyfish bloom; genetics; acoustics; Nanomia; North Norwegian fjords; gelatinous zooplankton; Cara; Kvænangen; Norway; Rotunda; Northern Norway; Lyngen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/19218; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00158

In autumn 2015, several sources reported observations of large amounts of gelatinous material in a large north Norwegian fjord system, either caught when trawling for other organisms or fouling fishing gear. The responsible organism was identified as a physonect siphonophore, Nanomia cara, while a c...