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Fourth International Jellyfish Bloom Symposium
Technical Program

Remark: The presenter of each paper is marked with "*".
Technical Program:   One Page (Not Separated) version
Author Index:   HERE

Session Schedule


Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Opening (by Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima University)
9:20 - 9:30
PL  (Dahlia 1)
Plenary speech

9:30 - 10:00
SP1  (Dahlia 1)
Invited speech (1)

10:00 - 10:30
Coffee/tea break
10:30 - 11:00
Or1  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish blooms in various spatiotemporal scales (1)

11:00 - 12:30
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Or2  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish blooms in various spatiotemporal scales (2)

14:00 - 15:30
Coffee/tea break
15:30 - 16:00
Or3  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish population dynamics

16:00 - 18:00
P1  (Dahlia 2)
Evening poster session (1)

18:00 - 20:00

Thursday, June 6, 2013

SP2  (Dahlia 1)
Invited speech (2)

9:00 - 9:30
Or4  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish physiology and ecology (1)

9:30 - 10:30
Coffee/tea break
10:30 - 11:00
Or5  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish physiology and ecology (2)

11:00 - 12:30
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Or6  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish physiology and ecology (3)

14:00 - 15:30
Coffee/tea break
15:30 - 16:00
Or7  (Dahlia 1)
Interactions between jellyfish and predators

16:00 - 18:00
P2  (Dahlia 2)
Evening poster session (2)

18:00 - 20:00

Friday, June 7, 2013

Or8  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish age, growth and diversity

9:00 - 10:30
Coffee/tea break
10:30 - 11:00
Or9  (Dahlia 1)
Jellyfish production and their fate

11:00 - 12:30
Closing (by Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima University))
12:30 - 12:40
Excursion (to Itsukushima Shrine)
12:40 - 18:00
Symposium dinner (at Hotel Sunroute)
19:00 - 21:00


List of Papers

Remark: The presenter of each paper is marked with "*".

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Session PL  Plenary speech
Time: 9:30 - 10:00 Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1

PL-1 (Time: 9:30 - 10:00)
Title(Plenary Speech) Getting to know the jellies
Author*Larry Madin (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S.A.)


Session SP1  Invited speech (1)
Time: 10:00 - 10:30 Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1

SP1-1 (Time: 10:00 - 10:30)
Title(Invited Speech) NCEAS Global Jellyfish Group: Assessing current paradigm, and natural and anthropogenic drivers of long-term jellyfish populations from the 19th century to present
Author*Robert H. Condon (Dauphin Island Sea Lab/Univ. of South Alabama, U.S.A.), Carlos M. Duarte (Univ. of Western Australia, Australia/Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Spain), Kylie A. Pitt (Griffith Univ., Australia), Cathy H. Lucas (National Oceanography Centre Southampton, U.K.), James M. Arthur (Griffith Univ., Australia), Kelly L. Robinson, William M. Graham (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.), NCEAS Global Jellyfish Group (International collaboration comprising jellyfish, climate, statisticians and ecoinformatic experts sponsored by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), U.S.A.)


Session Or1  Jellyfish blooms in various spatiotemporal scales (1)
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: William M. Graham (Univ. of Southern Mississippi)

Or1-1 (Time: 11:00 - 11:15)
TitleHow much gelatinous biomass is there in the world's oceans?
AuthorCatherine Hollyhead (Univ. of Southampton, U.K.), *Cathy H Lucas (Univ. of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, U.K.), Robert H Condon (Dauphin Island Sea Lab, U.S.A.), Carlos Duarte (Instituto Mediterranáeo de Estudios Avanzados, Spain), Daniel Jones (National Oceanography Centre Southampton, U.K.), Kylie A Pitt (Griffith Univ., Australia)

Or1-2 (Time: 11:15 - 11:30)
TitleIs the global rise of jellyfish blooms a case of Broken Telephone? An analysis of citation networks on trends in jellyfish
AuthorMarina Sanz Martin (Instituto Mediterranáeo de Estudios Avanzados, Spain), Carlos M Duarte (Univ. of Western Australia, Australia), *Kylie A Pitt (Griffith Univ., Australia), Charles Novaes de Santana (Instituto Mediterranáeo de Estudios Avanzados, Spain), Cathy H Lucas (National Oceanography Centre Southampton, U.K.), Robert H Condon (Dauphin Island Sea Lab, U.S.A.)

Or1-3 (Time: 11:30 - 11:45)
TitleExploring the role of the social media platforms for providing public, real time information on jellyfish outbreaks: results from a worldwide premiere Iphone application in Catalonia, Spain
Author*Macarena Marambio, Veronica Fuentes, Dolors Blasco (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Ivar Revke (Marine Economics Research Program, Mediterranean Science Commission - CIESM, Monaco)

Or1-4 (Time: 11:45 - 12:00)
TitleSpatiotemporal dynamics and environmental association of stranded jellyfish along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean)
Author*Antonio Canepa Oneto, Verónica Fuentes, Josep-María Gili (Institute of Marine Sciences, Spain)

Or1-5 (Time: 12:00 - 12:15)
TitleAnalyzing beach recreationist's preferences for the reduction of jellyfish outbreaks: economic results from a stated-choice experiment in Catalonia, Spain
AuthorPaulo A.L.D. Nunes (Marine Economics Research Program, Mediterranean Science Commission - CIESM, Monaco), *Maria Loureiro (Facultade de Ciencias Económicas, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Laia Piñol (LEITAT Technological Center, Spain), Sergio Sastre (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Louinord Voltaire (UMR-AMURE, Univ. de Bretagne Occidentale, France)

Or1-6 (Time: 12:15 - 12:30)
TitleMnemiopsis leidyi invasive success in the Berre Lagoon, and impact on the ecosystem structure and functioning
Author*Delphine Thibault-Botha, Floriane Delpy, Jean Blanchot, Marc Pagano (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography/Aix-Marseille Univ., France)


Session Or2  Jellyfish blooms in various spatiotemporal scales (2)
Time: 14:00 - 15:30 Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Hermes Mianzan (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero)

Or2-1 (Time: 14:00 - 14:15)
TitleGelatinous bloom dynamics in coastal Israeli waters – it’s not only about Rhopilema nomadica
Author*Dror Angel, Dor Edelist (Univ. of Haifa, Israel)

Or2-2 (Time: 14:15 - 14:30)
TitleLong-term changes in the abundance and phenology of the calycophoran siphonophore, Muggiaea atlantica, in the Western English Channel
Author*Michael Blackett (National Oceanography Centre Southampton & Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, U.K.), Priscilla Licandro (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, U.K.), Cathy Lucas (National Oceanography Centre Southampton, U.K.), Steve Coombs (Marine Biological Association, U.K.)

Or2-3 (Time: 14:30 - 14:45)
TitleHuman-mediated processes promote some jellyfish blooms: Long-term analysis from the northern Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea)
Author*Alenka Malej (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia), Jennifer E. Purcell (Western Washington Univ., U.S.A.), Tjaša Kogovšek (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia), Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

Or2-4 (Time: 14:45 - 15:00)
TitleEffects of ocean acidification and warming on the survival, reproduction and statolith formation of an Irukandji jellyfish
Author*Shannon Grace Klein, Kylie Anne Pitt (Griffith Univ., Australia), Kristen A. Rathjen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S.A.), Jamie E. Seymour (Queensland Emergency Medical Research Foundation, Australia)

Or2-5 (Time: 15:00 - 15:15)
TitleNew perspective of causes of jellyfish bloom in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea
Author*Song Sun (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Or2-6 (Time: 15:15 - 15:30)
TitleInterannual variability of giant jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai) outbreaks and the relation to the satellite detected environmental factors
Author*Yongjiu Xu, Joji Ishizaka (Nagoya Univ., Japan), Hisashi Yamaguchi (JAXA, Japan), Eko Siswanto (Univ. Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Shengqiang Wang (Nagoya Univ., Japan)


Session Or3  Jellyfish population dynamics
Time: 16:00 - 18:00 Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Alenka Malej (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran)

Or3-1 (Time: 16:00 - 16:15)
TitleThe population biology of jellyfishes: evolution, ecology and environment
Author*Michael N Dawson (Univ. of California, Merced, U.S.A.)

Or3-2 (Time: 16:15 - 16:30)
TitleThe diversity within jellyfishes and scales of genetic structure
Author*Sarah Abboud, Liza Gomez Daglio, Michael N Dawson (Univ. of California, Merced, U.S.A.)

Or3-3 (Time: 16:30 - 16:45)
TitlePopulation dynamic patterns of Rhizostomeae and Semaeostomeae medusae: is the medusa persistence related with the latitude?
Author*Miodeli Nogueira Júnior (Oceanographic Institute, São Paulo Univ., Brazil)

Or3-4 (Time: 16:45 - 17:00)
TitleUsing existing infrastructure to develop knowledge on the distribution of medusae beyond the littoral fringe: examples from the Irish Sea
Author*Thomas Bastian, Damien Haberlin (Univ. College Cork, Ireland), Martin K. S. Lilley (Swansea Univ., U.K.), Steven E. Beggs (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Belfast, U.K.), Graeme C. Hays (Swansea Univ., U.K.), Thomas K. Doyle (Univ. College Cork, Ireland)

Or3-5 (Time: 17:00 - 17:15)
TitleFine scale distribution of gelatinous zooplankton across a front in the Southern California Bight
Author*Jessica Y. Luo, Ben Grassian, Adam T. Greer, Cedric Guigand (Univ. of Miami, U.S.A.), Jean-Olivier Irisson (Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Sam McClatchie (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.A.), Robert K. Cowen (Univ. of Miami, U.S.A.)

Or3-6 (Time: 17:15 - 17:30)
TitleBiodiversity and occurrence patterns of macromedusae in Santos Basin (São Paulo, Brazil)
Author*Andre C. Morandini, Sergio N. Stampar, Renato M. Nagata (Univ. de Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Or3-7 (Time: 17:30 - 17:45)
TitleDemographic characteristics of salp swarms (Thalia democratica) and their interannual variability
Author*Natasha Henschke, Jason D. Everett (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia), Martina A. Doblin (Univ. of Tech., Australia), Kylie A. Pitt (Griffith Univ., Australia), Anthony J. Richardson (CSIRO, Australia), Iain M. Suthers (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia)

Or3-8 (Time: 17:45 - 18:00)
TitleA long-term time-series study of salp population dynamics in the Sargasso Sea
Author*Joshua Stone, Deborah K. Steinberg (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, U.S.A.)



Thursday, June 6, 2013

Session SP2  Invited speech (2)
Time: 9:00 - 9:30 Thursday, June 6, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1

SP2-1 (Time: 9:00 - 9:30)
Title(Invited Speech) Biomechanical constraints on the evolution of jellyfishes
Author*José L. Acuña (Univ. de Oviedo, Spain)


Session Or4  Jellyfish physiology and ecology (1)
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 Thursday, June 6, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Song Sun (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Or4-1 (Time: 9:30 - 9:45)
TitleMetabolic measurements of gelatinous marine organisms, the effect of size and temperature
Author*Martin Lilley (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography/Aix-Marseille Univ., France), Fabien Lombard (Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, France)

Or4-2 (Time: 9:45 - 10:00)
TitleAging in a metagenetic basal metazoan – the biodemography of Eleutheria dichotoma (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)
Author*Felix Ringelhan (Laboratory of Evolutionary Biodemography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)/MaxNetAging Research School (MPIDR), Germany), Ralf Schaible (Laboratory of Evolutionary Biodemography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Germany), Bernd Schierwater (ITZ Ecology and Evolution, Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany)

Or4-3 (Time: 10:00 - 10:15)
TitleDistribution, abundance, oxygen consumption and predatory impact of Beroe cucumis and Bolinopsis infundibulum (Ctenophora) in the Gulf of Maine and Oceanographer Canyon
AuthorCharles A. Jacoby, *Jessica R. Frost (Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.), Marsh J. Youngbluth (Florida Atlantic Univ., U.S.A.), Thomas K. Frazer (Univ. of Florida, U.S.A.)

Or4-4 (Time: 10:15 - 10:30)
TitlePredator-prey interactions of non-native ctenophores Beroe ovata and Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Black Sea: testing basic assumptions using field observations and modeling
Author*Tamara Alexandrovna Shiganova (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation), Paul Nival (Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6,Laboratoire d, France), Louis Legendre (CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, France)


Session Or5  Jellyfish physiology and ecology (2)
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Thursday, June 6, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Cathy Lucas (Univ. of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton)

Or5-1 (Time: 11:00 - 11:15)
TitlePolyp hotspots of Aurelia aurita s.l. in the south and west coast of Korea
Author*Jinho Chae (Marine and Environmental Research Lab, Republic of Korea), Chang-hoon Han, Wonduk Yoon (NFRDI, Republic of Korea)

Or5-2 (Time: 11:15 - 11:30)
TitleJellyfish polyps in Dutch coastal waters: distibution and species identification
Author*Lodewijk van Walraven, Floor Driessen (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands), Arjan Gittenberger (GiMaRIS, Marine Research, Inventory & Strategy Solutions, Netherlands), Niels Schrieken (ANEMOON Foundation, Netherlands), Judith van Bleijswijk, Pieternella Luttikhuizen (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands), Victor Langenberg (Deltares, Netherlands), Henk van der Veer (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands)

Or5-3 (Time: 11:30 - 11:45)
TitleA matter of tolerance: potential distribution of scyphozoan polyps in semi-enclosed ecosystems such as the Baltic Sea
Author*Josephine Goldstein, Christina Brigitte Augustin (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Germany), Sabine Holst (Senckenberg am Meer, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Germany)

Or5-4 (Time: 11:45 - 12:00)
TitleEffects of prey concentration and temperature on asexual reproduction of polyps of Aurelia sp.1
Author*Chao-Lun Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Nan Wang, Yi Liang, Yong-Qiang Shi, Jing-Liang Lu (Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Or5-5 (Time: 12:00 - 12:15)
TitleEffects of food quality and quantity on polyps of the scyphozoan Cyanea capillata
Author*Thomas Lesniowski (Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany), Maria Gambill (Univ. of Hamburg, Germany), Maarten Boersma (Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany), Sabine Holst (Senckenberg am Meer, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Germany), Arne Malzahn (College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Department of Marine Science & Fisheries, Oman)

Or5-6 (Time: 12:15 - 12:30)
TitleIncubation study on the asexual reproduction of Chrysaora pacifica polyps
Author*Haruto Ishii, Akihisa Murao (Tokyo Univ. of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)


Session Or6  Jellyfish physiology and ecology (3)
Time: 14:00 - 15:30 Thursday, June 6, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Richard Brodeur (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center)

Or6-1 (Time: 14:00 - 14:15)
TitleReturn to the jelly-web: using stable isotopes to understand the trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton
Author*Jonathan D.R. Houghton, Nicholas E.C. Fleming (Queen's Univ. Belfast, U.K.), Thomas K. Doyle (Univ. College Cork, Ireland), Jason Newton (NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility, U.K.), Chris Harrod (Queen's Univ. Belfast, U.K.)

Or6-2 (Time: 14:15 - 14:30)
TitleSample preparation influence estimation of biochemical composition of planktonic gelatinous organisms
Author*Tjaša Kogovšek, Alenka Malej (Marine Biology Station National Institute of Biology, Slovenia)

Or6-3 (Time: 14:30 - 14:45)
TitleFeeding of Lychnorhiza lucerna with an evaluation of gut content methods applied for Rhizostomeae
Author*Renato Mitsuo Nagata, André Carrara Morandini (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil)

Or6-4 (Time: 14:45 - 15:00)
TitlePrey selectively of the scyphozoan Pelagia noctiluca in the northwestern Mediterranian
Author*Uxue Tilves (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Giacomo Milisenda (Univ. of Salento, Italy), Verónica Fuentes (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Jennifer Purcell (Western Washington Univ., U.S.A.), Ana Sabatès (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain)

Or6-5 (Time: 15:00 - 15:15)
TitleThirty years of jellyfish blooms in Catalonia: Narratives and empirical evidences
Author*Antonio Canepa, Sergio Sastre (Institute of Marine Sciences, Spain), Laia Piñol (LEITAT Technological Center, Spain), Verónica Fuentes (Institute of Marine Sciences, Spain)

Or6-6 (Time: 15:15 - 15:30)
TitleThe role of ctenophore predation and competition in a hypoxic ecosystem
Author*Katherine Wencheng Liu (Univ. of Maryland Center for Center for Environmental Science, U.S.A.), Mary Beth Decker (Yale Univ., U.S.A.), James J. Pierson (Univ. of Maryland Center for Center for Environmental Science, U.S.A.)


Session Or7  Interactions between jellyfish and predators
Time: 16:00 - 18:00 Thursday, June 6, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Thomas K. Doyle (Univ. College Cork)

Or7-1 (Time: 16:00 - 16:15)
TitlePredators and parasites of North Pacific pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora
Author*Mary Needler Arai (Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada), Richard David Brodeur (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, U.S.A.)

Or7-2 (Time: 16:15 - 16:30)
TitleSpatial variation in parasites of Cassiopea sp.
Author*Joanna G. Browne (Griffith Univ., Australia), Thomas H. Cribb (Univ. of Queensland, Australia), Kylie A. Pitt (Griffith Univ., Australia)

Or7-3 (Time: 16:30 - 16:45)
TitleFeeding potential of filefish on moon jellyfish: ontogeny, efficiency and preference
Author*Yuko Miyajima, Reiji Masuda, Yoh Yamashita (Kyoto Univ., Japan)

Or7-4 (Time: 16:45 - 17:00)
TitleOverwintering of the pelagic phase of scyphozoans: implications for growth modeling and population dynamics
Author*José M. Riascos, Ignacio Cáceres, Viviana Villegas, Lissette Paredes, Jorge Gonzalez (Univ. de Antofagasta, Chile)

Or7-5 (Time: 17:00 - 17:15)
TitleDeveloping ecosystem-based management metrics for forage fish using jellyfish
Author*W. Monty Graham, Kelly L. Robinson (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.), James Ruzicka (Oregon State Univ., U.S.A.), Richard D. Brodeur (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, U.S.A.), Frank Hernandez (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.), Mary Beth Decker (Yale Univ., U.S.A.), Hermes W. Mianzan, Marcelo Acha (Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero, Argentina), Javier Quiñones (Instituto del Mar del Perú, Peru), Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

Or7-6 (Time: 17:15 - 17:30)
TitleRole of large coastal jellyfish and forage fish as energy transfer pathways in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Author*Kelly L. Robinson (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.), James Ruzicka (Oregon State Univ., U.S.A.), Mary Beth Decker (Yale Univ., U.S.A.), Frank Hernandez (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.), Richard D. Brodeur (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, U.S.A.), W. Monty Graham (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.)

Or7-7 (Time: 17:30 - 17:45)
TitleSeasonal and interannual variability in the spatial overlap between forage fishes and large medusa in the northern California Current region
Author*Richard Brodeur (NOAA Fisheries, U.S.A.), Caren Barcelo (Oregon State Univ., U.S.A.), Kelly Robinson (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.), Elizabeth Daly, Jim Ruzicka (Oregon State Univ., U.S.A.)

Or7-8 (Time: 17:45 - 18:00)
TitleSpatial overlap of jellyfish and forage fish in the eastern Bering Sea
Author*Mary Beth Decker (Yale Univ., U.S.A.), Caren Barcelo (Oregon State Univ., U.S.A.), Kristin Cieciel (NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, U.S.A.), Ric Brodeur (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, U.S.A.)



Friday, June 7, 2013

Session Or8  Jellyfish age, growth and diversity
Time: 9:00 - 10:30 Friday, June 7, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Veronica Fuentes (Instituto Ciencias del Mar)

Or8-1 (Time: 9:00 - 9:15)
TitleStatolith: an age indicator of medusae
Author*Mariko Kawamura (Kyoto Univ., Japan), Shunshiro Ueno (National Fisheries Univ., Japan)

Or8-2 (Time: 9:15 - 9:30)
TitleAge and temporal variation in metamorphosis and abundance of Copula sivickisi in tropical waters
Author*Michael Kingsford, Jessica Hopf, Christopher Mooney (James Cook Univ., Australia)

Or8-3 (Time: 9:30 - 9:45)
TitleExperimental calibration of elemental incorporation into Chironex fleckeri statoliths resulting from changes in salinity
Author*Christopher J Mooney, Michael J Kingsford (James Cook Univ., Australia)

Or8-4 (Time: 9:45 - 10:00)
TitleHidden diversity of Discomedusae in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Author*Liza Gomez Daglio, Michael N Dawson (Univ. of California, Merced, U.S.A.)

Or8-5 (Time: 10:00 - 10:15)
TitleCombined morphological and molecular identification methods in Scypho- and Hydromedusae
Author*Sabine Holst, Silke Laakmann (Senckenberg am Meer, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Germany)

Or8-6 (Time: 10:15 - 10:30)
TitleMitochondrial genome of Chrysaora lactea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa): an assessment of the genetic distance based on all mitochondrial markers
Author*Sergio N. Stampar, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Manuel Antunes Jr. (Univ. de Sao Paulo, Brazil), Ursula Castro de Oliveira, Inácio Junqueira de Azevedo (Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, Brazil), André C. Morandini (Univ. de Sao Paulo, Brazil)


Session Or9  Jellyfish production and their fate
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Friday, June 7, 2013
Location: Dahlia 1
Chair: Kylie A. Pitt (Griffith Univ.)

Or9-1 (Time: 11:00 - 11:15)
TitleModeling sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) blooms through molecular identification of early stage individuals
Author*Paul Bologna, John Gaynor (Montclair State Univ., U.S.A.)

Or9-2 (Time: 11:15 - 11:30)
TitleThe effect of increasing temperature and acidity on the decomposition of gelatinous zooplankton
Author*Ariella Chelsky Budarf, David T. Welsh, Kylie A. Pitt (Griffith Univ., Australia)

Or9-3 (Time: 11:30 - 11:45)
TitleScavenging dynamics of jellyfish versus fish falls at the deep seafloor
Author*Andrew K. Sweetman (IRIS-Marine Environment, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Norway), Craig R. Smith (Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa, U.S.A.), Daniel O.B. Jones (National Oceanography Centre Southampton, U.K.)

Or9-4 (Time: 11:45 - 12:00)
TitleJellyfish fisheries: FAO catch statistics and known unknowns
Author*Lucas Brotz, Daniel Pauly (Univ. of British Columbia, Canada)

Or9-5 (Time: 12:00 - 12:15)
TitleFisheries and biology of the jellyfish, Acromitus hardenbergi in the Perak river, Malaysia
Author*Jun Nishikawa, Masamichi Machida, Toshihiro Miyajima (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan), Fatimah Md. Yusoff, Perumal Kuppan (Univ. Putra Malaysia, Malaysia), Shuhei Nishida (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

Or9-6 (Time: 12:15 - 12:30)
TitleA potential jellyfish fishery along Europe’s Atlantic fringe: ripe for over-exploitation?
Author*Thomas K. Doyle (Univ. College Cork, Ireland), Victoria J. Hobson (Swansea Univ., U.K.), Thomas Bastian (CRNH Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France), Jonathan D.R. Houghton (School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s Univ. Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, U.K.), Mike Fitzpatrick (Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland), Graeme C. Hays (Deakin Univ., Australia)



Wednesday, June 5/Thursday, June 6, 2013

Session P1/P2  Evening poster session (1)/(2)
Time: 18:00 - 20:00 Wednesday, June 5/Thursday, June 6, 2013
Location: Dahlia 2

P-1
TitleProcesses influencing jellyfish particle tracking in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea
Author*Xiaofan Luo, Hao Wei, Yuheng Wang (Tianjin Univ. of Science and Tech., China)

P-2
TitleThe seasonal occurrence and abundance of gelatinous zooplankton in the southwestern part of the Marmara Sea
Author*Melek Isinibilir (Istanbul Univ., Turkey)

P-3
TitleAffects of food volume on strobilation of Aurelia sp.
Author*Hiroshi Miyake, Mari Takasawa (Kitasato Univ., Japan)

P-4
TitleAccumulation of giant jellyfish induced by the topographic effects in Wakasa Bay, Japan
Author*Atsushi Kaneda (Fukui Prefectural Univ., Japan), Kouta Ayukawa (Fukui Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station, Japan)

P-5
TitleSocioeconomic impacts of jellyfish blooms on fishers in the Northern California Current
Author*Keats Conley, Kelly Sutherland (Univ. of Oregon, U.S.A.)

P-6
TitlePopulation dynamics of the moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l. polyps on the undersurface of a new floating pier
Author*Ryuji Furukawa (Hiroshima Univ., Japan), Ryousuke Makabe (Ishinomaki Senshu Univ., Japan), Mariko Takao, Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

P-7
TitleJellyfish outbreak impacts on recreation in the mediterranean sea: welfare estimates from a socio-economic pilot survey in Israel
Author*Bella Galil (National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Israel), John Gowdy (Economics Department, Russell Sage Laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.), Paulo A.L.D. Nunes (Marine Economics Research Program, Mediterranean Science Commission - CIESM, Monaco)

P-8
TitleDistribution and abundance of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Eastern English Channel – North Sea region
Author*Lodewijk van Walraven (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands), Lies Vansteenbrugge (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Sciences Unit – Fisheries, Belgium), Elvire Antajan, Morgane Travers-Trolet (IFREMER, France), Dorothée Vincent, Thomas Raud, Vincent Cornille, Jean-Michel Brylinski (ULCO, Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences, France), Sophie Pitois (Fish Behaviour Team, CEFAS Laboratory, France), Kris Hostens, Sofie Vandendriessche, David Vuylsteke, Johan Robbens (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Sciences Unit – Fisheries, Belgium), Victor Langenberg (DELTARES, Netherlands), Henk van der Veer (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands)

P-9
TitleMassive occurrence of Chrysaora lactea (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in northeastern coast of Uruguay
Author*Sergio N. Stampar, Renato M. Nagata, Julia S. Beneti (Univ. de Sao Paulo, Brazil), Valentina Leoni, Fabrizio Scarabino (DINARA - Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos y Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Uruguay), André C. Morandini (Univ. de Sao Paulo, Brazil)

P-10
TitleScyphopolyps attached on deep-sea litter off Sanriku
Author*Haruka Shibata, Hiroshi Miyake (Kitasato Univ., Japan), Tomoaki Goto (Iwate Fisheries Technology Center, Japan), Aya Adachi (Enoshima Aquarium, Japan)

P-11
TitleOpération Méduses: Extending jellyfish citizen science programs to the French Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts
AuthorAnne Bay-Nouailhat, Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat, *Thomas Bastian (Association Mer et Littoral, France)

P-12
TitleAcoustically tracking venomous jellyfish to develop mitigation strategies for open water swimmers
Author*Thomas Bastian, Damien Haberlin (Univ. College Cork, Ireland), Sean Rooney (Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ireland), Thomas K. Doyle (Univ. College Cork, Ireland)

P-13
TitleRelationship between Aurelia abundance and environmental factors in Uwa Sea, Japan
Author*Naoki Fujii (Saga Univ., Japan), Shinya Magome (Sanyo Techno Marine Inc., Japan), Atsushi Kaneda (Fukui Prefectural Univ., Japan), Hidetaka Takeoka (Ehime Univ., Japan)

P-14
TitleModelling risk areas in the North Sea for blooms of the invasive comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi
Author*Kate Collingridge, Johan van der Molen, Sophie Pitois (Cefas, U.K.)

P-15
TitleIncreasing gelatinous risk in the Sea of Marmara
Author*I. Noyan Yilmaz (Istanbul Univ., Turkey)

P-16
TitleMassive salps outbreaks in the inner sea of Chiloe Island (Southern Chile): Possible causes and ecological consequences
Author*Ricardo Giesecke (Univ. Austral de Chile/Centro COPAS de Oceanografía y COPAS Sur-Austral Concepción/Geolimnos, Chile), José Garcés-Vargas (Univ. Austral de Chile, Chile), Humberto E. González (Univ. Austral de Chile/Centro COPAS de Oceanografía y COPAS Sur-Austral Concepción/Centro de Investigación de Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, Chile), Luciano Caputo (Univ. Austral de Chile/Geolimnos, Chile), Leonardo Castro (Centro COPAS de Oceanografía y COPAS Sur-Austral Concepción/ Univ. de Concepción, Chile)

P-17
TitleRole of podocysts in jellyfish blooms: ecophysiological characters in their production, dormancy, and excystment
Author*Hideki Ikeda (Hiroshima Univ., Japan), Htun Thein (Department of Fisheries, Myanmar), Masato Kawahara (Kinki Univ., Japan), Kohzoh Ohtsu (Shimane Univ., Japan), Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

P-18
TitleComplex interactions between the giant box jellyfish Morbakka virulenta and fish in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan
Author*Shoma Okada, Yusuke Kondo, Susumu Ohtsuka, Kazumitsu Nakaguchi, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Makoto Urata (Hiroshima Univ., Japan), Aya Adachi (Shin-Enoshima Aquarium, Japan), Sho Tosino, Yuji Miyake (Kitasato Univ., Japan)

P-19
TitleStudy on the molecular mechanisms of hypoxia tolerance in Aurelia aurita
Author*Guoshan Wang, Yu Zhen (Ocean Univ. of China, China), Minxiao Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Zhigang Yu (Ocean Univ. of China, China)

P-20
TitleIncrease of marine structures as a driver boosting Aurelia aurita s.l. blooms: a case study of a new floating pier installation
Author*Ryosuke Makabe (Ishinomaki Senshu Univ., Japan), Ryuji Furukawa, Mariko Takao, Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

P-21
TitleSeasonal variation of polyp colonies of Aurelia aurita sensu lato near the mouth of Mikawa Bay
Author*Masaya Toyokawa (Fisheries Research Agency, Japan), Yusuke Murata, Akira Yasuda (Oceanic Planning Corp., Japan)

P-22
TitleUsing oxygen optodes to calculate metabolic demands of gelatinous organisms
Author*Martin Lilley (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography/Aix-Marseille Univ., France), Fabien Lombard (Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, France)

P-23
TitlePelagia noctiluca carbon budgets: the effect of long-term starvation on egg production and growth under laboratory conditions
Author*Fabien Lombard (Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, France), Martin Lilley (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, France), Amanda Elineau, Ferraris Martina, Lars Stemmann, Gabriel Gorsky (Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, France)

P-24
TitleScyphomedusae occurrences in Klang Strait, Malaysia
Author*Wan Mohd Syazwan Wan Solahudin, Mohammed Rizman Idid, Chong Ving Ching (Univ. of Malaya, Malaysia)

P-25
TitleInvasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Norway
Author*Aino Hosia, Tone Falkenhaug (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)

P-26
TitleIncreased temperature and warming rates accelerate Mnemiopsis growth and likely caused subtropical blooms to undergo a phenological shift
Author*Kelly L. Robinson, W. Monty Graham (Univ. of Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.)

P-27
TitleSpatio-temporal distribution and contribution of protozoa and copepod nauplii during the occurrence of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai in the Yellow Sea
Author*Kuidong XU, Lu WANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

P-28
TitleEffect of temperature and food supply on scyphozoan asexual strategies
Author*Agustin Schiariti (INIDEP-CONICET, Argentina), Andre C. Morandini (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil), Gerhard Jarms (Univ. of Hamburg, Germany), Renato von Glehn Paes (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil), Sebastian Franke (Univ. of Hamburg, Germany)

P-29
TitleMolecular characterization of symbionts in Scyphozoa
AuthorLucija Raspor dall’Olio, Andreja Ramšak, *Vesna Flander-Putrle (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia), Alfred Beran (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Italy), André Carrara Morandini (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil), Alenka Malej (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia)

P-30
TitlePopulation dynamics and vertical habitat preference of the deep water jellyfish Periphylla periphylla under the northern photoperiod
Author*Andrea Bozman, Ketil Eiane (Univ. of Nordland, Norway)

P-31
TitleInterannual variability of the cannonball jellyfish Stomolophus meleagris abundance in the Gulf of California, México
Author*Juana Lopez-Martinez (CIBNOR-GUAYMAS, Mexico), Manuel Otilio Nevarez-Martinez (INAPESCA-GUAYMAS, Mexico), Eloisa Herrera-Valdivia (CIBNOR-GUAYMAS, Mexico), Hermes MianzanI (CONICET, Argentina)

P-32
TitleBell diameter, growth rate and food requirement of giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) during spring and summer in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea
Author*Fang Zhang, Song Sun, Chaolun Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

P-33
TitleSiphonophore diversity and potential predation pressure during a spring bloom
Author*Mary Matilda Grossmann (Yokohama City Univ., Japan), Dhugal John Lindsay (JAMSTEC, Japan)

P-34
TitlePopulation density estimates of the bloom-forming upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea andromeda) in an artificial shallow-water tropical embayment (Philippines)
Author*Serafin III Geson, Niño Paolo Ongluico (Univ. of San Carlos, Philippines)

P-35
TitleModeling the spatial distribution of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in NW Mediterranean Sea
Author*Antonio Canepa Oneto, Macarena Marambio, Verónica Fuentes (Institute of Marine Sciences, Spain)

P-36
TitleCarybdea marsupialis (Cubozoa) at a shallow beach in the western Mediterranean: are they where they want to be?
Author*Verónica L. Fuentes (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Elia Durá, Antonio Ortiz, Isidro Rico (Univ. of Alicante, Spain), Melissa J. Acevedo (Univ. of Alicante/Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Antonio J. Canepa (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Cesar Bordehore (Univ. of Alicante, Spain)

P-37
TitleExploring jellyfish connections in the Mediterranean Sea
Author*Leo Berline, Martin Lilley, Fabien Lombard (Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, France), Bruno Zakardjian, Anne Molcard, Yann Ourmieres (Univ. du Sud Toulon-Var, Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS/INSU, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), France), Nejib Daly Yahia (Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Zarzouna, Tunisia)

P-38
TitleDistribution of jellyfish on coral communities in the Eastern Gulf of Thailand
Author*Thamasak Yeemin (Ramkhamhaeng Univ., Thailand), Sittiporn Pengsakun, Wanlaya Klinthong, Kanwara Sangmanee (Association of Marine Biodiversity Conservation and Education, Thailand), Mathinee Yucharoen, Watchara Samsuvan, Makamas Sutthacheep (Ramkhamhaeng Univ., Thailand)

P-39
TitleBolinopsis vitrea (L. Agassiz, 1860) population dynamics and ecophysiology in the Bay of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)
AuthorLaura Prieto, Gabriel Navarro (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (ICMAN-CSIC), Spain), *Tjaša Kogovšek (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia), Tamara Shiganova (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation), Javier Ruiz (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (ICMAN-CSIC), Spain)

P-40
TitlePopulation development and potential establishment of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Alfacs Bay, NW Mediterranean
Author*Macarena Marambio, Antonio Canepa (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Margarita Fernández (IRTA, Spain), Francesc Maynou, Verónica Fuentes (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain)

P-41
TitleLong term (1969-2003) fluctuations of medusae and siphonophores from South Brazilian Bight
Author*Miodeli Nogueira Júnior, Frederico Pereira Brandini (Oceanographic Institute, São Paulo Univ., Brazil)

P-42
TitleEstimation of the minimum food requirement using the respiration rate of medusae of Aurelia aurita in Sihwa Lake
Author*Chang-hoon Han (National Fisheries Research and Development Institution, Republic of Korea), Jinho Chae (Marine and Environmental Research Lab, Republic of Korea), Wonduk Yoon (National Fisheries Research and Development Institution, Republic of Korea)

P-43
TitleBlooming of deep sea hydrozoan jellyfish
Author*Dhugal John Lindsay (JAMSTEC, Japan), Mary Matilda Grossmann (Yokohama City Univ., Japan), Mitsuko Umetsu (Kitasato Univ., Japan)

P-44
TitleAre fatty acids a good indicator of the Pelagia noctiluca diet?
Author*Veronica Lorena Fuentes, Uxue Tilves (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Giacomo Milisenda (Univ. del Salento, Di.S.Te.B.A, Italy), Ana Sabates (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Sergio Rossi (Institut de Ciència I Tecnologia Ambientals ICTA, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

P-45
TitleFavorable conditions for cubozoan blooms: salinity effects on asexual reproduction of Carybdea sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa)
AuthorMar B. Belmar, Melissa J. Acevedo (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Jennifer E. Purcell (Western Washington Univ., U.S.A.), Miriam Gentile, Verónica L. Fuentes, *Antonio Canepa (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain)

P-46
TitleA global snapshot of gelatinous neustonic biomass: The MALASPINA 2010 expedition.
Author*Axayacatl Molina-Ramírez, José Luis Acuña (Univ. de Oviedo, Spain), José Ignacio González-Gordillo (Univ. de Cádiz, Spain), Carlos Luis Cáceres (Univ. de Oviedo, Spain), Juan Bueno (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Spain), Jorge Sostres, Sonia Romero-Romero (Univ. de Oviedo, Spain), Xiquer Salaberria (Fundación AZTI, Spain), Xabier Irigoien (King Abdullahh Univ. of Science and Tech., Red Sea Research Center, Saudi Arabia), Antonio Bode (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña, Spain), Maria Luz Fernández de Puelles (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Spain), Fidel Echevarría (Univ. de Cádiz, Spain), Carlos M. Duarte (Instituto Mediterranáeo de Estudios Avanzados, Spain)

P-47
TitleThe FISHJELLY Project: Effects of jellyfish blooms in the Northwestern Mediterranean: study of biological interactions among fish and jellyfish and their ecological implications
Author*Ana Sabatés, Verónica Fuentes, Uxue Tilves (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Jennifer Purcell (Western Washington Univ., U.S.A.), Vanesa Raya, Gili Josep Maria (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain)

P-48
TitleAggregations of predators and prey affect predation impact of the Arctic ctenophore Mertensia ovum
Author*Sanna Majaneva (Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Research Centre, Finland), Jørgen Berge (Univ. of Tromss, Norway), Paul Renaud (Akvaplan Niva, Norway), Anna Vader, Eike Stübner, Archana Rao, Øyunn Sparre (Univ. Centre in Svalbard, Norway), Maiju Lehtiniemi (Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Research Centre, Finland)

P-49
TitleFeeding of the Arctic ctenophore Mertensia ovum in the depths of the Baltic Sea
Author*Sanna Majaneva, Outi Setälä (Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Research Centre, Finland), Elena Gorokhova (Stockholm Univ., Sweden), Maiju Lehtiniemi (Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Research Centre, Finland)

P-50
TitleDigestion of blooming jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca, on fish eggs, fish larvae, and zooplankton for estimation of predation rates in the NW Mediterranean
Author*Jennifer E. Purcell (Western Washington Univ., U.S.A.), Uxue Tilves, Veronica Fuentes, Alejandro Olariaga, Josep-Maria Gili, Ana Sabates (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain)

P-51
TitleTrophic cascades driven by Aurelia sp.1 in a Mediterranean lagoon
AuthorSimonetta Scorrano (Univ. del Salento, Lecce; Univ. della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy), Davor Lucic (Univ. of Dubrovnik, Croatia (Hrvatska)), *Stefano Piraino (Univ. del Salento, Lecce and CONISMA, Italy)

P-52
TitleOn the use of accelerometry to study jellyfish diving behaviour
Author*S. Fossette (Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, U.S.A.), C. D. Armstrong (Swansea Univ., U.K.), A. C. Gleiss (Stanford Univ., U.S.A.), T. Bastian (CRNH Rhône-Alpes, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, France), S. Vandenabeele, G. C. Hays (Swansea Univ., U.K.)

P-53
TitleLinking the ecology of polyps of Chrysaora fulgida in the laboratory to ephyrae in the field off Namibia
Author*Mark J. Gibbons (Univ. of the Western Cape, South Africa), Deborah Robertson-Andersson (Univ. of the Western Cape/Two Oceans Aquarium, South Africa), Heidi Skrypzeck (National Marine Information and Research Centre, Namibia), Kolette Grobler (Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia)

P-54
TitleSymbiotic relationships among jellyfish, fish and invertebrates in Asian waters
Author*Susumu Ohtsuka, Yusuke Kondo (Hiroshima Univ., Japan), Jun Nishikawa (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan), Nanako Ogawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi (JAMSTEC, Japan), Khwanruan Srinui (Burapha Univ., Thailand), Ho Young Soh (Chonnam National Univ., Republic of Korea), B. A. Venmathi Maran (KORDI, Republic of Korea), Shuhei Nishida (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

P-55
TitleSpecies richness and distribution of the scyphozoan medusae in the coastal waters of Vietnam
Author*Thu Thi Nguyen, Ha Manh Tran, Thu The Pham, Nhan Van Dinh (Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Viet Nam), Jun Nishikawa (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

P-56
TitleDevelopment of a real-time PCR assay (SYBR Green) for rapid identification and quantification of scyphozoan jellyfish planulae
AuthorJianyan Wang, *Yu Zhen, Tiezhu Mi, Zhigang Yu, Guoshan Wang (Ocean Univ. of China, China)

P-57
TitleCultivation of vegetables using recovered jellyfish as fertilizer
Author*Keiichi Fukushi, Tamaki Iwanaga, Hiroki Ogawa, Yoichi Inoue, Takanari Hattori, Yuichiro Hidaka (Kobe Univ., Japan), Akira Nukaya, Masanobu Endo (Shizuoka Univ., Japan), Jun-ichi Tsujimoto (Kiso Chemical Enterprises LTD, Japan), Masayuki Onodera (Niigata Inst. of Tech., Japan), Makoto Hayakawa (Nihon Advanced Agri Corp., Japan), Taro Minato (Aoki Marine Co., Ltd., Japan)

P-58
TitleInterspecific relationships among jellyfish, trematodes and fish juveniles in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan
Author*Yusuke Kondo, Takeshi Hirabayashi, Shoma Okada, Susumu Ohtsuka (Hiroshima Univ., Japan), Nanako O. Ogawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi (JAMSTEC, Japan), Takeshi Shimazu (Nagano Prefectural College (formerly), Japan)

P-59
TitleLife cycle of the giant box jellyfish Morbakka virulenta (Kishinouye, 1910) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) collected from the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan
Author*Sho Toshino, Hiroshi Miyake (Kitasato Univ., Japan), Susumu Ohtsuka (Hiroshima Univ., Japan), Aya Adachi (Enoshima Aquarium, Japan)

P-60
TitleDigesting the errors associated with gut-content analysis in gelatinous zooplankton.
AuthorTania FitzGeorge-Balfour (Queen Mary Univ. of London, U.K.), *Cathy H Lucas (Univ. of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, U.K.), Jamie Craggs (Horniman Museum & Gardens, London, U.K.), Andrew G Hirst (Queen Mary Univ. of London, U.K.)

P-61
TitleEthological study of Papuan jellyfish Mastigias papua and symbiotic zooxanthellae Symbiodinium sp.
Author*Yuka Koyano (Enoshima Aquarium, Tokyo Univ. of Marine Science and Technology, Japan), Haruto Ishii, Arakawa Hisayuki (Tokyo Univ. of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)

P-62
TitleJellyfish fisheries in the Americas: origin, state of the art, and perspectives on new fishing grounds
AuthorAgustin Schiariti, Hermes Mianzan (INIDEP-CONICET, Argentina), López Juana (Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Mexico), Y-H Peggy Hsieh (Florida State Univ., U.S.A.), *Lucas Brotz (Univ. of British Columbia, Canada), Javier Antonio Quiñonez (Instituto del Mar del Perú, Peru)

P-63
TitleEverything’s not green for the green turtle: jellyfish as food for the herbivorous Chelonia mydas
Author*Victoria González Carman (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), CONICET, Aquamarina-PRICTMA, Argentina), Florencia Botto (Univ. Nacional de Mar Plata, Argentina), Diego Albareda (Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires, Aquamarina-PRICTMA, Argentina), Claudio Campagna (Wildlife Conservation Society, CONICET, Argentina), Hermes Mianzan (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), CONICET, Argentina)

P-64
TitleA trophic model for consumers of Cananéia Estuary (Brazil) based on stable isotopic analyzis of δ13C and δ15N: Implications on the role of jellyfish
Author*Renato Mitsuo Nagata, Marcelo Zacharias Moreira, Caio Ribeiro Pimentel, André Carrara Morandini (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil)

P-65
TitleBacterial community composition associated with jellyfish and surrounding water
AuthorMaja Kos Kramar, Alenka Malej, Tinkara Tinta (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia), Davor Luèiæ, Vlado Onofri (Univ. of Dubrovnik, Croatia (Hrvatska)), *Valentina Turk (National Institute of Biology- Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia)

P-66
TitleDirect and indirect effects of ocean acidification on the growth of polyps of Cyanea capillata and Chrysaora hysoscella
AuthorMaría Algueró, *Thomas Lesniowski (Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany), Arne Malzahn (Qaboos Univ., Oman), Maarten Boersma (Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)

P-67
TitleDeveloping a jellyfish aerial survey method: “new steps on jellyfish aerial photography and image analysis"
AuthorJavier Alejandro Fuentes, Alejandro Daniel Olariaga, Antonio Canepa, Josep-Maria Gili, *Verónica Lorena Fuentes (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain)

P-68
TitleThe metagenetic life cycle of the blooming jellyfish species Chrysaora plocamia (Scyphozoa, Pelagiidae)
Author*André C. Morandini (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil), Javier Quiñones (Laboratorio Costero de Pisco, Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE), Peru), Sérgio N. Stampar, Priscila R. Cunha (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil), Hermes Mianzan (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, Argentina)

P-69
TitlePhyllorhiza punctata in Brazilian coast: population oscilations or recurrent invasions?
Author*Renato Mitsuo Nagata, Leandro Santos, Sérgio Nascimento Stampar, Miodeli Nogueira, André Carrara Morandini (Univ. de São Paulo, Brazil)

P-70
TitleMorphological and molecular evidence reveal underestimated cydippid ctenophore species richness in the High Arctic – peeking into the group of unidentified species
Author*Sanna Majaneva, Markus Majaneva (Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Research Centre, Finland)

P-71
TitleMED-JELLYRISK 2013-2015 (Integrated monitoring of jellyfish outbreaks under anthropogenic and climatic impacts in the Mediterranean Sea (coastal zones): trophic and socio-economic risks
AuthorStefano Piraino (CoNISMa/Univ. of Salento, Italy), *Verónica Fuentes (Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Spain), Alan Deidun (Univ. of Malta, Msida, Malta), Mohamed Néjib Daly Yahia (Univ. of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Tunisia), Ons Kéfi - Daly Yahia (Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, Tunisia)

P-72
TitleProgress on the whole genome sequencing project for the circumtropical swarming box jellyfish Alatina alata (Reynaud 1830)
Author*Cheryl Lewis Ames (Univ. of Maryland, College Park & Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, U.S.A.), Stacy Pirro (Iridian Genomes, U.S.A.), Angel Yanagihara (Univ. of Hawaii, U.S.A.), Ehsan Kayal (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, U.S.A.), Jonathan W. Lawley (Univ. Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil), Bastian Bentlage, Alexa Bely (Univ. of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A.), Allen G. Collins (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History & NOAA NMFS, U.S.A.)

P-73
TitleDecreased Noctiluca scintillans abundance in 2009 and 2011 in Jiaozhou Bay: results of Aurelia sp.1 predation?
Author*Sun Song (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Wang Yan-Tao (Chinese Academy of Sciences/Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Zhang Guang-Tao, Wan Ai-Yong (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

P-74
TitlePoint-of-no-return in ephyrae of the moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l.
Author*Zhilu Fu (Hiroshima Univ., Japan), Masashi Shibata (Fisheries Research Agency, Japan), Ryosuke Makabe (Ishinomaki Senshu Univ., Japan), Shin-ichi Uye (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

P-75
TitleRemoval of harmful heavy metals from edible jellyfish tissues: A case study of Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 processing in Bagan Datoh, Perak, Malaysia
Author*Nicholas M.H. Khong, Fatimah Md. Yusoff (Univ. Putra Malaysia, Malaysia), Jun Nishikawa (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan), Kim Wei Chan, Kim Mun Goh (Univ. Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)

P-76
TitleKamo Aquarium, a Guinness-World-Records-recognized aquarium to display jellyfish of the greatest species numbers in the world
Author*Kazuya Okuizumi, Tatsuo Murakami (Kamo Aquarium, Japan)