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Investigating Optimal Living Parameters For Cannonball Jelly, Stomolophus Meleagris, In Captivity
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2014
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Description:The cannonball jelly, Stomolophus meleagris, are a part of phylum cnidarian, class Scyphozoa and order Rhizostomeae. The cannonball jellies at the UGA Aquarium display a negative response to the water circulation in the tank. A neutrally buoyant float was placed into the tank to determine whether the fixed location of the jellies was an active response to environmental stimulus. The neutrally buoyant float was also used to determine the average flow rates of the tank resulting from adjusted circulations. Three ramps varying in sizes were placed in the tank to obscure the flow rate of the tank to possibly change the location of the cannonball jellies. The ramps did not help to obscure the location of the cannonball jellies’, however they did invoke an irregular response. The cannonball jellies began to approach each ramp and follow them. The larger ramps were treated as if they were the fixed location (bottom corner), but the smaller ramp caused the cannonball jellies to remain a small distance away from the ramp.
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Sea Grant Document Number:GAUS-T-14-002
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