Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1321-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1321-2022
Research article
 | 
13 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 13 Sep 2022

Multi-platform study of the extreme bloom of the barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the northernmost gulf of the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Trieste) in April 2021

Nydia Catalina Reyes Suárez, Valentina Tirelli, Laura Ursella, Matjaž Ličer, Massimo Celio, and Vanessa Cardin

Viewed

Total article views: 2,091 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
1,648 384 59 2,091 56 44
  • HTML: 1,648
  • PDF: 384
  • XML: 59
  • Total: 2,091
  • BibTeX: 56
  • EndNote: 44
Views and downloads (calculated since 31 May 2022)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 31 May 2022)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,091 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 1,987 with geography defined and 104 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Discussed (final revised paper)

Latest update: 13 Dec 2024
Download
Short summary
Explaining the dynamics of jellyfish blooms is a challenge for scientists. Biological and meteo-oceanographic data were combined on different timescales to explain the exceptional bloom of the jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo in the Gulf of Trieste (Adriatic Sea) in April 2021. The bloom was associated with anomalously warm seasonal sea conditions. Then, a strong bora wind event enhanced upwelling and mixing of the water column, causing jellyfish to rise to the surface and accumulate along the coast.