caa a22 4500 465792847 CHVBK 20180323112029.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/1351793 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.2307/1351793 Forecasting the abundance of the sea nettle, Chrysaora quinquecirrha , in the Chesapeake Bay [Elektronische Daten] [David Cargo, David King] The sea nettle shows variable seasonal infestation in the Chesapeake Bay. Public interest in the medusal population prompted an examination of the effect of climatic, hydrographic, and biological variables on such changes. Visual medusal counts since 1960 were regressed in a stepwise fashion against the suite of variables, to produce an abundance model which allows a reasonable prediction of the forthcoming summer's infestation. Streamflow in the entire Chesapeake watershed for the months of January through June and the water temperature for May were most important. Lower streamflow apparently provides a salinity regime which supports the sessile stages early in the year and allows the survival and rapid growth of ephyrae in early summer. The water temperatures in May furnishes the trigger for strobilation at a propitious time. Estuarine Research Federation, 1990 Cargo David Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, 20688-0038, Solomons, Maryland aut King David 220 Homewood Road, 21090, Linthicum, Maryland aut Estuaries Springer-Verlag 13/4(1990-12-01), 486-491 0160-8347 13:4<486 1990 13 12237 https://doi.org/10.2307/1351793 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/1351793 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cargo David Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, 20688-0038, Solomons, Maryland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- King David 220 Homewood Road, 21090, Linthicum, Maryland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Estuaries Springer-Verlag 13/4(1990-12-01), 486-491 0160-8347 13:4<486 1990 13 12237 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer