Scientific contributions from the EUROGEL project

Articles published or in press in peer reviewed journals

Aksnes DL, Nejstgaard J, Sørnes TA, Sædberg E. 2004. Optical control of fish and zooplankton populations. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 233-238 http://aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_49/issue_1/0233.pdf

Aksnes DL, C Troedsson & EM Thompson 2006. A model of developmental time applied to planktonic embryos. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318: 75–80

Aksnes DL, C Troedsson & EM Thompson 2006. Integrating developmental clocking and growth in a life-history model for the planktonic chordate Oikopleura dioica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318: 81-88.

Becker A, Sötje I, Paulmann C, Beckmann F, Donath T, Boese R, Prymak O, Tiemann H, Epple M. 2005. Calcium sulphate hemihydrate is the inorganic mineral in statoliths of scyphozoan medusae (Cnidaria). Dalton Transactions 1445-1550 (Also selected for inclusion in the RSC's (Royal Society of Chemistry) Chemical Biology Virtual Journal in 2005).

Båmstedt U, S Kaartvedt, M & Youngbluth. 2003. An evaluation of acoustic and video methods to estimate the abundance and vertical distribution of jellyfish. Journal of Plankton Research 25 (11): 1307-1318

Møller LF & HU Riisgård. 2007. Respiration in the scyphozoan jellyfish Aurelia aurita and two hydromedusae (Sarsia tubulosa and Aequorea vitrina): effect of size, temperature and growth. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 330: 149–154.

Hansson LJ. 2006. A method for in situ estimation of prey selectivity and predation rate in large plankton, exemplified with the jellyfish Aurelia aurita (L.). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 328:113-126

Hansson LJ, Kiorboe T. 2006. Effects of large gut volume in gelatinous zooplankton: ingestion rate, bolus production and food patch utilization by the jellyfish Sarsia tubulosa. JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH 28 (10): 937-942

Hansson LJ, Moeslund O, Kiørboe T, Riisgård HU. 2005. Clearance rates of jellyfish and their potential predation impact on zooplankton and fish larvae in a neritic ecosystem (Limfjorden, Denmark) Marine Ecology Progress Series 304:117-131

Marinova VM, Trayanov, TK, Michneva VV. 2004. Acoustic and video study on diurnal vertical migration of zooplankton in the central part of the Bulgarian Black Sea shelf. Comptes rendus de l’ Academie bulgare des Sciences 57(4):55-59

Prymak O, Tiemann H, Sötje I, Marxen J, Klocke A, Kahl-Nieke B, Beckmann F, Donath T, Epple M. 2005. Application of synchrotron radiation-based computer microtomography (SRµCT) to biominerals: embryonic snails, statoliths of medusae, and human teeth. J Bio Inorg Chem 10:688–695

Riemann L, Titelman J, Bamstedt U. 2006. Links between jellyfish and microbes in a jellyfish dominated fjord. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 325: 29-42

Sotje I, Tiemann H, Bamstedt U. 2007. Trophic ecology and the related functional morphology of the deepwater medusa Periphylla periphylla (Scyphozoa, Coronata). MARINE BIOLOGY 150 (3): 329-343

Sørnes TA., DL Aksnes. 2004. Predation efficiency in visual and tactile zooplanktivores. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 69-75. http://aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_49/issue_1/0069.pdf

Tiemann H, Sötje I, Becker A, Paulmann, C, Jarms G, Epple M. 2006. Calcium sulfate hemihydrate (bassanite) statoliths in the cubozoan Carybdea sp. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER 245 (1): 13-17

Titelman J, Riemann L, Sornes TA, Nielsen T, Griekspoor P, Båmstedt U. 2006. Turnover of dead jellyfish: stimulation and retardation of microbial activity. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 325: 43-58

Titelman J, Hansson LJ. 2006. Feeding rates of the jellyfish Aurelia aurita on fish larvae. MARINE BIOLOGY 149 (2): 297-306

Articles submitted for publication in peer reviewed journals

Hansson LJ, Kiørboe T. Prey-specific encounter rates and handling efficiencies as causes of prey selectivity in ambush feeding hydromedusae. Submitted to Limnology and Oceanography

Sørnes, TA, Aksnes, DL, Båmstedt, U, Youngbluth, M. The persistent mass occurrence of a gelatinous planktivore (Periphylla periphylla) in fjord ecosystems. Submitted to Limnology and Oceanography

Sørnes TA, Hosia A, Båmstedt U, Aksnes DL. Swimming and feeding in Periphylla periphylla. Submitted to Journal of Plankton Research

Articles in peer reviewed conference proceedings and books

Daskalov G, Prodanov K, Zengin M. The Black Sea fisheries and ecosystem change: discriminating between natural variability and human-related effects. In review in Proceedings of the Fourth World Fisheries Congress, American Fisheries Society Books (4th World Fisheries Congress, Vancouver. May 2004. Oral presentation by G. Daskalov)

Daskalov G, Grishin A, Mihneva V. 2003. Ecosystem time-series analyses in the Black Sea in CIESM 2003: Mediteranean biological time series. CIESM Workshop Monographs #22, 142p, Monaco (www.ciesm.org/publications/Split03.pdf ): 31-36.

Grishin A, Daskalov G, Vladislav Shlyakhov V, Mihneva V. 2005. Influence of gelatinous zooplankton on fish stocks in the Black Sea: overview of biological time-series. Proceedings of the International workshop on “Regime shifts and recovery in aquatic systems” Varna 2005.

Other conference presentations and non-reviewed articles

Becker A, Sötje I, Tiemann H, Boese R, Paulmann C, Epple M. 2005. Calcium sulphate hemihydrate is the inorganic mineral in medusae gravity sensors. HASYLAB Year-report 2005

Båmstedt U. 2005. EUROGEL. Mechanisms behind jellyfish blooms and their ecological and socio-economic effects. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 19-24 2005. Oral presentation.

Dineva S, V Velikova & B Georgieva. Relationships between mesozooplankton and some hydrological variables along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast in 1990-2001 ICES/PICES/ GLOBEC Zooplankton Production Symposium. Gijón, Spain. 20-23 May 2003. Oral presentation by V Mihneva

Johnston BD, H Irvine & PR Boyle. The toxic effects of jellyfish envenomation on fish in the NE Atlantic. Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 1-3 Oct 2003

Johnston BD , I Sötje, H Irvine, GJ Pierce, U Båmstedt & CJ Secombes. 2005. Toxic Effects of Mass Occurrences of Gelatinous Zooplankton on Teleosts in Enclosed Coastal Ecosystems. Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Waterloo, ON, Canada. Oral presentation.

Johnston BD, I Sötje, H Irvine, GJ Pierce, U Bamstedt, CJ Secombes. 2005. Ecological Toxicology and the Effects of Mass Occurrences of Gelatinous Zooplankton on Teleosts in Enclosed Coastal Ecosystems. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 19-24 2005. Oral presentation.

Elzeir M, I Hansen & S Hay. Predicting jellyfish outbreaks around Shetland using MIKE 3 Coastal Engineering Conference, Algarve, Portugal. Apr 13-15

Elzeir M & S Hay. 2005. DROG3D: a Particle-Tracking Modell Applied to the Waters around Shetland. Proceedings, ASCE-EGS IV International Symposium on Environmental Hydrology, Cairo,
Egypt, 7-9 June 2005 (on CD)

Elzeir M & S Hay. 2005. Investigating Effect of Circulation on Jellyfish Transport in the Waters around Shetlands, abstract accepted. ICES 2005 ASC, Aberdeen, the UK

Grishin A., Daskalov G., Vladislav Shlyakhov V., Mihneva V. 2005. Influence of gelatinous zooplankton on fish stocks in the Black Sea: overview of biological time-series. Proceedings of the International workshop on “Regime shifts and recovery in aquatic systems” Varna 13-17.06.2005

Hansson LJ, Kiørboe T. Feeding mechanisms in an ambush feeding hydromedusa (Sarsia tubulosa). ASLO 2005 Summer Meeting, June 19-24, 2005, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Oral presentation.

Irvine H, Cumming G, Hope R, McEvoy J, McEvoy LA. 2005. Annual size fluctuations and prey items of Aurelia aurita L. in Sandsond Voe, Shetland, UK. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 19-24 2005. Poster.

Mihneva V , Mihailov K. 2005. Investigations on the competitive relations between Mnemiopsis leidyi and anchovy Engraulis engrasicolus in the Bulgarian Black Sea waters based on stomach content analysis during the summers of 2003-2004. BENA Annual session 18-20.X.2005 – Constanta, Rumania. Oral presentation.

Møller LF, Riisgaard HU. 2005. Bioenergetik, vækst og respiration hos vandmanden Aurelia aurita og udvalgte hydromeduser. Dansk Havforskermøde, Copenhagen, Denmark. February 1-3 2005. Oral presentation.

Møller LF, Riisgaard HU. 2005. Bioenergetics and growth in the common jellyfish, Aurelia aurita, and selected hydromedusae in Limfjorden (Denmark). American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 19-24 2005. Poster.

Prymak O, Schiller C, Tiemann H, Sötje I, Marxen J, Donath T, Beckmann F, Epple M. 2005. Mikrotomographie an Biomineralien. HASYLAB Year-report 2005.

Riemann L, Titelman J, Griekspoor P, Båmstedt U. 2005. Plankton community structure and bacterial community composition in a norwegian fjord dominated by the medusa Periphylla periphylla. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 19-24 2005. Oral presentation.

Tiemann, H. 2005. Tiefsee im Kleinen - Naturwissenschaftliche Forschung an einem Modellorganismus in
norwegischen Fjorden. Natur und Wissen Mitteilungen aus dem naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg. 1(2): 18-20

Titelman, J. 2003.To move or not to move: zooplankton strategies for food encounter & predator avoidance. DIALOG (Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography, orgranized by ASLO), Bermuda, Oct. 2003. Oral presentation.

Titelman J, 2005. Jellyfish: sink or link in the pelagic food web?-interactions with each other, people, fish, microbes and others. University of Kalmar, Sweden. Guest lecture (invited).

Titelman J, Riemann L, Sørnes T, Griekspoor P, Båmstedt U. Sink or link? Stimulation and retardation of microbial activity by dead jellyfish. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 19-24 2005. Oral presentation.

Old news

Article from the University of Southern Denmark (in Danish)

An article appeared in Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen, 07.11.2002, page 2, entitled "Vandmænd truer havmiljø" referring to this project. We are sorry but because of copyright regulations we are not allowed to reproduce the article in our webpages.

Periphylla periphylla on Norwegian post stamps

Gopler i Limfjorden. Riisgaard, H.U., Moeslund, O. Vand & Miljø – Tidsskrift for miljø og natur. May 2004

EUROGEL on the radio, Norway, August 2004

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