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Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater
Upside-down jellyfish, genus Cassiopea (Péron and Lesueur, 1809), are found in shallow coastal habitats in tropical and subtropical regions circumglobally. These animals have previously been demonstrated to produce flow both in the water column as a feeding current, and in the interstitial porewater...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9992524/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36882452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30101-4 |
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author | Durieux, David M. Scrogham, Gabrielle D. Fender, Christian Lewis, David B. Deban, Stephen M. Gemmell, Brad J. |
author_facet | Durieux, David M. Scrogham, Gabrielle D. Fender, Christian Lewis, David B. Deban, Stephen M. Gemmell, Brad J. |
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description | Upside-down jellyfish, genus Cassiopea (Péron and Lesueur, 1809), are found in shallow coastal habitats in tropical and subtropical regions circumglobally. These animals have previously been demonstrated to produce flow both in the water column as a feeding current, and in the interstitial porewater, where they liberate porewater at rates averaging 2.46 mL h(−1). Since porewater in Cassiopea habitat can be nutrient-rich, this is a potential source of nutrient enrichment in these ecosystems. This study experimentally determines that porewater release by Cassiopea sp. jellyfish is due to suction pumping, and not the Bernoulli effect. This suggests porewater release is directly coupled to bell pulsation rate, and unlike vertical jet flux, should be unaffected by population density. In addition, we show that bell pulsation rate is positively correlated with temperature, and negatively correlated with animal size. As such, we would predict an increase in the release of nutrient-rich porewater during the warm summer months. Furthermore, we show that, at our field site in Lido Key, Florida, at the northernmost limit of Cassiopea range, population densities decline during the winter, increasing seasonal differences in porewater release. |
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spelling | pubmed-99925242023-03-09 Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater Durieux, David M. Scrogham, Gabrielle D. Fender, Christian Lewis, David B. Deban, Stephen M. Gemmell, Brad J. Sci Rep Article Upside-down jellyfish, genus Cassiopea (Péron and Lesueur, 1809), are found in shallow coastal habitats in tropical and subtropical regions circumglobally. These animals have previously been demonstrated to produce flow both in the water column as a feeding current, and in the interstitial porewater, where they liberate porewater at rates averaging 2.46 mL h(−1). Since porewater in Cassiopea habitat can be nutrient-rich, this is a potential source of nutrient enrichment in these ecosystems. This study experimentally determines that porewater release by Cassiopea sp. jellyfish is due to suction pumping, and not the Bernoulli effect. This suggests porewater release is directly coupled to bell pulsation rate, and unlike vertical jet flux, should be unaffected by population density. In addition, we show that bell pulsation rate is positively correlated with temperature, and negatively correlated with animal size. As such, we would predict an increase in the release of nutrient-rich porewater during the warm summer months. Furthermore, we show that, at our field site in Lido Key, Florida, at the northernmost limit of Cassiopea range, population densities decline during the winter, increasing seasonal differences in porewater release. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9992524/ /pubmed/36882452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30101-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Durieux, David M. Scrogham, Gabrielle D. Fender, Christian Lewis, David B. Deban, Stephen M. Gemmell, Brad J. Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater |
title | Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater |
title_full | Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater |
title_fullStr | Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater |
title_full_unstemmed | Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater |
title_short | Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater |
title_sort | benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9992524/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36882452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30101-4 |
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