Jellyfish size might influence their nutritional value, UBC study finds
Researchers confirmed what was already known: jellyfish eat bigger prey as they grow, which means they also occupy a higher position in the food web as they grow. They also found that some of the concentrations of ‘healthy fats,’ increase as jellyfish grow. These changes might be influenced by their diet, and as they feed on bigger prey with higher levels of fatty acids, the jellyfish accumulate more of these fatty acids.
Climate change may mean more jellyfish in our oceans
On World Jellyfish Day, as climate change kills off competition, jellyfish numbers may rise. UBC researcher Jessica Schaub is working on increasing what we know about these marine creatures and their future.
Jellyfish and gelatinous zooplankton need to be a part of climate change conversations
On World Jellyfish Day, UBC researcher Florian Lüskow, who focuses on freshwater jellyfish says that existing models often poorly include, and heavily oversimplify, these gelatinous organisms.
This scientist is taking an international jellyfish tour to explore mucus and medusae
UBC doctoral student Jessica Schaub is about to set off on an international tour of jellyfish
International Year of the Salmon Expedition helps IOF researchers map North Pacific food webs
For scientists in the IOF’s Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, the trip represents a chance to trace the outline of North Pacific food webs, in which salmon play a central role as both predator and prey.
Jellyfish researcher Jessica Schaub to take “international tour” thanks to Hugh Morris Fellowship
Schaub has received a fellowship that will enable her to visit four countries where she will deepen her understanding of jellyfish.
“Race to jellyfish” leaves Mexican fishery in turbulent water
Over the last 20 years, interest in cannonball jellyfish in the Gulf of California, Mexico exploded when Chinese investors saw that the area was a hot spot for the species.
Shedding light on mysterious jellyfish diets
We think of jellyfish as not being picky eaters, but in this case, it seemed that they didn’t like feeding on a single diet.
HCI Marine Food Webs – Summer sampling trip to Quadra Island
Hakai Coastal Initiative Marine Food Webs Working Group (FWWG) undertook a 10-day sampling trip which looked at day/night behaviour of bacteria, protists, zooplankton, and parasites in the Strait of Georgia.
Sailing the Southern Ocean – for science
IOF postdoctoral fellows and researchers, Boris Espinasse, Natasha Henschke, and Marina Espinasse focused on the cycling and diversity-function of zooplankton and metazoans