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TI Molecular approach indicates consumption of jellyfish by commercially important fish species in a coastal Mediterranean lagoon
BT 
AF Marques, Raquel
   Darnaude, Audrey M.
   Crochemore, Sandrine
   Bouvier, Corinne
   Bonnet, Delphine
AS 1:2;2:2;3:1;4:2;5:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
   MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
C2 UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
UM MARBEC
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
IF 2.727
TC 7
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00513/62469/66986.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Predation;Aurelia coerulea;Eel;Seabream;Polyps;Medusae;Quantitative PCR;Gut content;Thau lagoon
AB Until recently, jellyfish have been ignored as an important source of food, due to their low nutritional value. Here, quantitative PCR was used to detect and quantify the DNA of the jellyfish Aurelia coerulea in the gut contents of commercially important fish species from the Thau Lagoon. Individuals from five fish species were collected during two different periods: the bloom period, when the pelagic stages of A. coerulea are abundant, and the post-bloom period, when only the benthic stage – polyps – is present in the lagoon. The DNA of A. coerulea was detected in the guts of 41.9% of the fish analysed, belonging to four different species. The eel Anguilla anguilla and the seabream Sparus aurata were important jellyfish consumers during the bloom and post-bloom periods, respectively. These results provide new insights on the potential control of jellyfish populations and on jellyfish importance as a food source for exploited fishes. 
PY 2019
PD DEC
SO Marine Environmental Research
SN 0141-1136
PU Elsevier BV
VL 152
UT 000499736700002
DI 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104787
ID 62469
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