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Jellyfish
This paper describes the characteristics of the marine invertebrates known as jellyfish.
# 98331 | 2,482 words | 15 sources | APA | 2007 | US
Published on Sep 17, 2007 in Anthropology (Oceanic) , Biology (Ecology)


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Description:

The paper discusses the life-cycle and reproduction, defense and feeding mechanisms and body systems of jellyfish. The paper looks at how they group themselves into "swarms" or "blooms" and the problems when keeping them in captivity. The paper discusses the severity of jellyfish stings and the different species of jellyfish that exist.

Outline:
Life-cycle and reproduction
Defense and Feeding Mechanisms
Body Systems
Blooms and Grouping
Captivity Sting Treatment
Species

Sample of Sources Used:

  • Pieribone, V. and D.F. Gruber, Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence. Harvard University Press, 2006, 288p;
  • Jacobson, Morris, Wonders of Jellyfish. New York: Dodd Mead, 1978
  • Jellyfish - Sea Science Series, at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/pub/seascience/jellyfi.html
  • Kyle McGilligan Bentin, "Jellyfish up close", at http://danenet.wicip.org/mmsd-it/jellyfish.html
  • Jellyfish, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish

Cite this Research Paper:

APA Format

Jellyfish (2007, September 17) Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.academon.com/research-paper/jellyfish-98331/

MLA Format

"Jellyfish" 17 September 2007. Web. 04 December. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/research-paper/jellyfish-98331/>

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