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A jellyfish bloom is defined as a substantial increase in a jellyfish population within a short time period; the result of a higher reproduction rate. [2] Since jellyfish naturally have high reproductive rates, high-density blooms can occur as a result of both behavioral and ecological causes.
The sting of all Irukandji Jellyfish is believed to cause Irukandji Syndrome and can be potentially fatal, however the sting of the Malo maxima is the most dangerous of the Malo species. Only two types of species have the venom to cause Irukandji syndrome, the Irukandji Jellyfish and the Box Jelly. The Box Jelly is extremely more venomous than ...
Craspedacusta sowerbii or peach blossom jellyfish [1] is a species of freshwater hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa cnidarian. Hydromedusan jellyfish differ from scyphozoan jellyfish because they have a muscular, shelf-like structure called a velum on the ventral surface, attached to the bell margin.
Ohio's biodiversity continues to be threatened due to a variety of causes. The latest Rare Native Ohio Plants Status List cites 271 are endangered. Native plant update: Of Ohio's 1,800 native ...
Deer, raccoons and others can eat soybeans, corn and the flowers in your yards and gardens.
Catostylidae is a family of jellyfish, their common name is fat-armed jellies. [1] Members of this family are characterized by their thick, sausage-like oral arms. [2] Members of the family Catostylidae are small marine jellyfish with domed bells. The eight short oral arms are broad and three-sided.
Of all the birds that fly north to Ohio each spring, scarlet tanagers could be considered the most recognizable. "They have this rich, almost eye-popping scarlet body with black wings," Emmert ...
Crustacean zooplankton have been found to house the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera, by allowing the cholera vibrios to attach to their chitinous exoskeletons. This symbiotic relationship enhances the bacterium's ability to survive in an aquatic environment, as the exoskeleton provides the bacterium with carbon and nitrogen.