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Occurrence of the physonect siphonophore Apolemia uvaria off Plymouth and in south-west England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2010

Keith Hiscock ,
Gillian M. Mapstone ,
David V.P. Conway  and
Nicholas Halliday
Keith Hiscock*
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK
Gillian M. Mapstone
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
David V.P. Conway
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK
Nicholas Halliday
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K. Hiscock Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK email: khis@mba.ac.uk
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Abstract

In September 2007, observations were made of a siphonophore in surface waters and near to the seabed by sea users off south Devon and south-east Cornwall. The same siphonophore was also recorded from regular samples collected offshore of Plymouth. The species is identified as Apolemia uvaria, which had not previously been recorded off Plymouth. It was sampled until March 2008 and re-appeared, in smaller numbers, in autumn 2008 until February 2009 but was not reliably reported in autumn 2009 (to end of October). The occurrence is unlikely to be due to sea warming, but more likely some variation in oceanic currents, possibly influxes of Atlantic water.

Keywords

Apolemia uvariasiphonophoresea warmingoceanic currents
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e25
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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