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Jellyfish Lake
Category: Biodiversity
Posted on: May 20, 2007 8:41 PM, by CR McClain
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craig...
cool vid but the mastigias jellies in palau don't feed on phytoplankton... they are more farmers than hunters... the jellies have acquired algal endosymbionts in their tissue (same genus as the zooxanthellae in coral)... during the day, the jellies rise to the surface in masses and track along the surface of the lake as the earth rotates... at night, the jellies sink to the deeper, anoxic but hyper-nitrogen waters of the lake to "fertilize" their algal tentants...
cool place and if you haven't visited it's a must add to your life list!
Posted by: Rick MacPherson | May 20, 2007 9:41 PM
It's been a while since I've seen it, but I believe these jellies were showcased in the IMAX film "The Living Sea", which I think is one of the best IMAX movies out there. I'm going to assume that every marine scientist has already seen it so I won't tell you to run out ASAP to catch it (not sure if it's in IMAX theaters anymore and I doubt watching it on TV would be any where near as good anyways). Plus, Sting does a great job with the soundtrack.
Posted by: Jim Lemire | May 21, 2007 7:40 AM