ArticleRoyal Society open science2017
Jellyfish on the menu: mtDNA assay reveals scyphozoan predation in the Irish Sea.
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- Insights into the feeding of jellyfish polyps in wild and laboratory conditions: do experiments provide realistic estimates of natural functional rates?Hydrobiologia · 2025Article
- A belly full of jelly? DNA metabarcoding shows evidence for gelatinous zooplankton predation by several fish species in Greenland waters.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Fish as predators and prey: DNA-based assessment of their role in food webs.Journal of fish biology · 2021Review
- Spatial heterogeneity of Pelagia noctiluca ephyrae linked to water masses in the Western Mediterranean.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Freshwater hydrozoan blooms alter activity and behaviour of territorial cichlids in Lake Tanganyika.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
- Distinct gelatinous zooplankton communities across a dynamic shelf sea.Limnology and oceanography · 2019Article
- Cryptic diets of forage fish: jellyfish consumption observed in the Celtic Sea and western English Channel.Journal of fish biology · 2019Article
- Unravelling the macro-evolutionary ecology of fish-jellyfish associations: life in the 'gingerbread house'.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
Localized outbreaks of jellyfish, known as blooms, cause a variety of adverse ecological and economic effects. However, fundamental aspects of their ecology remain unknown. Notably, there is scant information on the role jellyfish occupy in food webs: in many ecosystems, few or no predators are known. To identify jellyfish consumers in the Irish Sea, we conducted a molecular gut content assessment of 50 potential predators using cnidarian-specific mtDNA primers and sequencing. We show that jellyfish predation may be more common than previously acknowledged: uncovering many previously unknown jellyfish predators. A substantial proportion of herring and whiting were found to have consumed jellyfish. Rare ingestion was also detected in a variety of other species. Given the phenology of jellyfish in the region, we suggest that the predation was probably targeting juvenile stages of the jellyfish life cycle.
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