@article {7687,
	title = {<i>Cotylorhiza tuberculata </i>(Cnidaria, Scyphozoa), life history of a stationary population},
	journal = {Marine Ecology-Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di NapoliMarine Ecology-Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli},
	volume = {13},
	number = {4},
	year = {1992},
	note = {Times Cited: 17ArticleEnglishCited References Count: 0Kd652},
	pages = {333-362},
	abstract = {The life history of a stationary population of Cotylorhiza tuberculata (MACRI, 1778) was studied on the Ionian island of Lefkada, Greece, in 1980 and 1981. Occurrence, growth, maturation, and aging of medusae indicated an annual life cycle of this rhizostomous jellyfish. Ephyrae are liberated during strobilation peaks in spring and summer; exceptionally high growth rates lead to medusa diameters of up to 40 cm after six months. Due to symbiotic zooxanthellae the medusae are potentially autotrophic; P:R values ranged from 0.36 to 1.17. The gonochoristic medusae mature during summer; a sexual dimorphism is evident by brood-carrying filaments in females. The life span of the medusae is about half a year, while scyphistomae are potentially perennial. The observed annual metagenetic cycle is interpreted as a life history adaptation to a highly seasonal environment.},
	keywords = {Cnidaria, cotylorhiza-tuberculata, KAPE, life history, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, medusae, rhizostomae, scyphozoa},
	author = {Kikinger, R.}
}
