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Thesis
Effects of light and salinity on post-bleaching recovery in the jellyfish Cassiopea SP
University of West Florida,
Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida
2019
Abstract
Cassiopea sp. was collected from the Florida Keys and used to study the effects of environmental conditions after a warming event to induce photobleaching. Jellyfish were bleached by elevating the temperature to 33 °C. Wet weight, bell diameter, pulse frequency, zooxanthellae, protein, carbohydrate, and lipid were measured in bleached and non-bleached individuals held under a salinity of 30 g kg-1, 35 g kg-1, and 40 g kg-1, and either full light exposure or partial shading after eight weeks. There were no statistical differences between any of the treatment means for bleaching, light, or salinity level; however, biological parameters indicated salinity could potentially cause a change in the physical and metabolic properties of the jellyfish. An initial sample indicated that Cassiopea sp. in this study may not have fully bleached at 33 °C; that outcome, together with the bleached group recovering to non-bleached levels, indicates Cassiopea sp. is resilient/resistant to some thermal increase.
Details
- Title
- Effects of light and salinity on post-bleaching recovery in the jellyfish Cassiopea SP
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida,; Pensacola, Florida :
- Format
- text;electronic resource;remote;computer;online resource
- Number of pages
- 1 online resource (vii, 53 leaves : charts)
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Identifiers
- 99380090746306600
- Academic Unit
- Biology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Science (MS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida