Population dynamics of a northward invasive ctenophore, <italic style="font-style: italic">Pleurobrachia</italic> <italic style="font-style: italic">globosa</italic> Moser, 1903 in the Bohai Bay, China

Deyue SUN; Hongliang GU; Xiaohong SUN; Fengshang DUAN; Xiaomin LI; Zhen GUO; Yuyan MA; Yushan XU; Chunli LIU

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Population dynamics of a northward invasive ctenophore, Pleurobrachia globosa Moser, 1903 in the Bohai Bay, China

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- Population dynamics of a northward invasive ctenophore, Pleurobrachia globosa Moser, 1903 in the Bohai Bay, China
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 43, Issue 4, Pages: 1243-1254(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
  2.Weihai Marine and Fishery Monitoring and Hazard Mitigation Center, Weihai 264209, China
  3.Tianjin Marine Environmental Monitoring Central Station, Tianjin 300457, China
- Author bio：
  
  sunxiaohong@sdu.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-024-3283-x
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- Received：23 December 2023，
  
  Published：01 July 2025
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SUN Deyue,GU Hongliang,SUN Xiaohong,et al.Population dynamics of a northward invasive ctenophore, Pleurobrachia globosa Moser, 1903 in the Bohai Bay, China[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(04):1243-1254.
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SUN Deyue,GU Hongliang,SUN Xiaohong,et al.Population dynamics of a northward invasive ctenophore, Pleurobrachia globosa Moser, 1903 in the Bohai Bay, China[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(04):1243-1254. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-024-3283-x.

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Ctenophore

Pleurobrachia

globosa

(

globosa

) invades even the northernmost Bohai Sea from the south of China. Three years (2019–2021) of surveys were conducted in the Bohai Bay (BoB) of the Bohai Sea to examine its population dynamics and potential impact on nuclear power plants. Results show that

globosa

mainly occurred from July to October each year

reaching the maximum abundance in August/September and even bloomed

in August 2020. Correlations with environmental factors indicate this species has strong tolerance to acidification and hypoxia

and it has potentially indirect feeding relationship with phytoplankton. Seven stages in three groups were illustrated in life hist

ory of

globosa

. Two entire generations were detected in August

confirming its 2-week generation time. Spawning time started earlier in the south than in the north of BoB. The spatiotemporal variation and life cycle of

globosa

in BoB are useful for further study on the invasion

bloom

aggregation

and regeneration of

globosa

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Population dynamics of a northward invasive ctenophore, Pleurobrachia globosa Moser, 1903 in the Bohai Bay, China

DOI：10.1007/s00343-024-3283-x

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