Advances in Rhizostomeaen Jellyfish Research
- 1st Edition, Volume 98 - November 15, 2024
- Editors: Götz B. Reinicke, André C. Morandini, Sabine Holst, Klement Tockner, Martin Mittelbach
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 6 4 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 6 4 7 - 5
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors to Volume 98
- Series Contents for Last Fifteen Years
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter One: Max Egon Thiel’s monographs on Scyphozoa (Cnidaria) and a left-behind typescript on the Rhizostomeae
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Brief summaries of the published Volumes 1–8 of M. E. Thiel
- 3 The remaining typescript on the Rhizostomeae
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Two: Morphology of Rhizostomeae jellyfishes: What is known and what we advanced since the 1970s
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Definition of a rhizostome jellyfish
- 3 Phylogenetic position and origin of the group
- 4 Classification of Rhizostomeae and diagnostic features of the main groups
- 5 Species diversity among the rhizostomes
- 6 The planula and polyp (scyphistoma) stages
- 7 The ephyra stage
- 8 The structure of the medusa stage
- 9 Summary of selected morphological studies in last decades (1970’s–2020’s)
- 10 Concluding remarks and future perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Three: Approaches and findings in histological and micromorphological research on Rhizostomeae
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Nervous system, sensing and effector structures
- 3 Gonads
- 4 Zooxanthellae
- 5 Nematocysts
- 6 Conclusions and outlook
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Four: Life cycles and reproduction of Rhizostomeae
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Life cycles
- 3 From plankton/sexual to benthos/asexual
- 4 From benthos/asexual to benthos/asexual
- 5 From benthos/asexual to plankton/sexual
- 6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Five: Physiology and functional biology of Rhizostomeae jellyfish
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Body composition of Rhizostomeae
- 3 Nematocysts and toxins
- 4 Locomotion and feeding mechanics
- 5 Nutrition
- 6 Digestion and metabolism
- 7 Growth and development
- 8 Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter Six: Morphological and molecular data in the study of the evolution, population genetics and taxonomy of Rhizostomeae
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Morphological phylogenetics
- 3 Molecular data
- 4 Classification of Rhizostomeae
- 5 Perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Seven: Ecology of Rhizostomeae
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Population fluctuations and seasonality
- 3 Feeding ecology and role in ecosystems
- 4 Rhizostomeae as Discomedusae
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Eight: Rhizostomes as a resource: The expanding exploitation of jellyfish by humans
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Jellyfish as food
- 3 Bioactive compounds
- 4 Technomedical applications
- 5 Biotechnological applications
- 6 Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- No. of pages: 318
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 98
- Published: November 15, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443296468
- eBook ISBN: 9780443296475
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Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner is president of the Austrian Science Fund – FWF, full professor of Aquatic Ecology at the Freie Universität Berlin and former director of the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin. He received a PhD from the University of Vienna (1993) and a Titulary Professorship at ETH (2005). He is an internationally leading freshwater scientist, in particular in the research domains biodiversity, ecosystem science and environmental management. He was Editor in Chief of the journal Aquatic Sciences and is Subject Editor of the journal Ecosystems. He has published more than 250 scientific papers including 150 ISI papers. In 2009, he edited a comprehensive book on European Rivers (Rivers of Europe, Elsevier). Klement Tockner has successfully managed large inter- and transdisciplinary projects such as the EC-funded project BioFresh (www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu). He is member of several scientific committees and advisory boards and elected member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Germany Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina.
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President, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), AustriaRead Advances in Rhizostomeaen Jellyfish Research on ScienceDirect