public read uid=Kelly Robinson,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write changePermission uid=mgraham,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write changePermission uid=condon,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write changePermission uid=lhu,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write changePermission uid=regetz,o=NCEAS,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write changePermission uid=schild,o=NCEAS,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write changePermission uid=aaronelmore,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write changePermission uid=malej,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write uid=haddock,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write uid=Pitt,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write uid=Cathy Lucas,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read write Dr. Barbara K. Sullivan- Watts Providence College, Biology Department Laboratory Coordinator

Providence RI USA

401-865-2173 BSULLI16@providence.edu Kelly Robinson Dauphin Island Sea Lab PhD Candidate

101 Bienville Blvd. Dauphin Island AL 36528 USA

251-861-2289 krobinson@disl.org Global Jellyfish Group Dr. William 'Monty' Graham Dauphin Island Sea Lab Senior Marine Scientist

101 Bienville Blvd. Dauphin Island Alabama 36528 USA

251-861-2141 ext. 2272 mgraham@disl.org Global Jellyfish Group Dr. Carlos Duarte Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados Profesor de investigación

C/ Miquel Marquès, 21 07190 Esporles Islas Baleares Spain

+34 971611725 carlosduarte@imedea.uib-csic Global Jellyfish Group Dr. Robert Condon Dauphin Island Sea Lab Faculty Research Scientist

101 Bienville Blvd. Dauphin Island AL 36528 USA

(251) 861-2141 x 7546 rcondon@disl.org Global Jellyfish Group Jellyfish Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, Hydrozoa, Fox Station, Narrangansett Bay, Rhode Island, Plankton net Usage restricted to Global Jellies Working Group members. 2001 2010 Phylum Cnidaria Class Hydrozoa Phylum Ctenophora Class Tentaculata Order Lobata Family Bolinopsidae Genus Mnemiopsis Species leidyi Southern Edge of Narragansett Bay (41.43N, 71.44W) -86.25 -57.375 49.0 22.5 1306431558711

Weekly vertical net tows are taken from 5 m to surface in the lower West passage of Narragansett Bay, RI (lat. 41 34.2N, long. 71 23.4W). Gelatinous species are collected by two vertical tows taken with a ½ m diameter 1 mm mesh net with a flowmeter. They are combined into a single sample. Sample volume is 1.1 m3. This sample is returned to the laboratory and counted alive immediately to ensure that ctenophores, which do not withstand preservation, can be accurately enumerated. On occasion when there are soo many jellyfish that the net would clog a single vertical tow is taken.

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