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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.
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 ...
Geranium maculatum, an Ohio native, is a relative of the common bedding geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum). This list includes plants native and introduced to the state of Ohio, designated (N) and (I), respectively. Varieties and subspecies link to their parent species.
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 ...
Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant; Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system; Jellyfish bloom, a collective noun for a large group of jellyfish; Epicuticular wax bloom, a whitish haze due to small crystals of wax, occurring on the surface of many fruits
Deer, raccoons and others can eat soybeans, corn and the flowers in your yards and gardens.
This in turn kills fish and other animals, but not jellyfish, [94] allowing them to bloom. [95] [96] Jellyfish populations may be expanding globally as a result of land runoff and overfishing of their natural predators. [97] [98] Jellyfish are well placed to benefit from disturbance of marine ecosystems. They reproduce rapidly; they prey upon ...