Population dynamics and feeding of the moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in Tapeng Bay, southwestern Taiwan. / 屏東大鵬灣海月水母族群動態及食性之研究

碩士 / 國立中山大學 / 海洋資源學系研究所 / 90 / The population dynamics and the feeding of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita in Tapeng Bay, southwestern Taiman, were investigated from April, 1999 to April, 2000 and May, 2001 to April, 2002. A. aurita distributed mainly in the inner water of the Bay. The average abundance of A. aurita was 71±256 ind.100m-3, with higher abundance in winter and spring than in summer and autumn. The abundance of A. aurita showed no significant correlation with hydrographic features, but it seems to have one or two month’s time lag with the seasonal distribution pattern of copepods. The main reproduction period of A. aurita was form autumn to next spring. The occurrence of ephyra was mainly in winter and spring, with maximum abundance of 328 ind./100m3. The average bell diameter of A. aurita was 13.9±4.2 cm. The size of bell diameter varied seasonally, generally had larger size in autumn and smaller size in spring. Seventeen zooplankton taxa were found in the stomach contents of A. aurita, copepods were the most dominant (70.3%), followed by copepods nauplius (20.1%), bivalve larva (3.0%) and fish eggs (2.3%). The average ingestion rate of A. aurita was 2165±2673 prey ind.-1 day-1 , the feeding impact of A. aurita on zooplankton was 14.69 % ~ 40.84 % %, with no significant difference among sizes.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/090NSYS5277023
Date January 2002
CreatorsYi-Ling Cheng, 陳怡伶
ContributorsWen-Tseng Lo, 羅文增
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format74

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