- Mehmet Cengiz Deval
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Fisheries, Campus, Antalya, Turkey
deval@akdeniz.edu.tr - M. Tunca Olguner
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Fisheries, Campus, Antalya, Turkey
Volume 4 - No: 3
The Spring Outbreak of the invasive Scyphomedusa Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spannier & Ferguson, 1990 in the Antalya Bay, the eastern Mediterranean
Keywords: Rhopilema nomadica, Lessepsian Jellyfish, Antalya Coast, Levantine Basin
Abstract
The present paper reports the spring bloom of the alien scyphomedusa Rhopilema nomadica in the Antalya Bay, in northern Levant Sea. This study also provides additional information with its distribution and biomass values of the species in the eastern Mediterranean.