
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rippingale, RJ 
A1  - Kelly, SJ 
T1  - Reproduction and survival of <I>Phyllorhiza punctata</I> (Cnidaria: Rhizostomeae) in a seasonally fluctuating salinity regime in Western Australia
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1995
VL  - 46
IS  - 8
SP  - 1145
EP  - 1151
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9951145 
N2  - Although medusae of the scyphozoan Phyllorhiza punctata are abundant in the Swan-Canning estuary during summer, they are absent when surface waters are dominated by low-salinity runoff water following winter rains. In the laboratory, scyphistomae of P. punctata are shown to survive in conditions of temperature and salinity that occur in the estuary during winter in waters deeper than 5 m. It is postulated that areas of deep water provide a winter refuge for scyphistomae and that asexual production of both ciliary buds and ephyrae enables rapid growth of the P. punctata population in the spring of each year. 
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