Winata Kent, Zhu Jonathan A, Hanselman Katherine M, Zerbe Ethan, Langguth Jensyn, Folino-Rorem Nadine, Cartwright Paulyn
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA.
Biology (Basel). 2024 Dec 20;13(12):1069. doi: 10.3390/biology13121069.
is an invasive hydrozoan found globally in freshwater habitats. has a complex life cycle that includes benthic, pelagic, dispersal and dormant stages. The distribution of the medusa (jellyfish) stage has been well documented, but little is known about the other life cycle stages, which are suggested to be more widespread. In addition, the conditions required for growth, reproduction and dispersal of the different life cycle stages, as well as the environmental cues that regulate life cycle transitions, are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to determine laboratory conditions for growth of, and transition to, different life cycle stages in order to improve our ability to culture all life cycle stages of . In addition, insight into the environmental triggers that promote life cycle transitions will enable us to better predict the potential negative effects could impose on freshwater ecosystems.
是一种入侵性水螅虫，在全球淡水生境中均有发现。其具有复杂的生命周期，包括底栖、浮游、扩散和休眠阶段。水母体（水母）阶段的分布已有充分记录，但对于其他生命周期阶段知之甚少，而这些阶段被认为分布更为广泛。此外，不同生命周期阶段生长、繁殖和扩散所需的条件，以及调节生命周期转变的环境线索，尚未完全了解。本研究的目的是确定不同生命周期阶段生长及转变的实验室条件，以提高我们培养所有生命周期阶段的能力。此外，深入了解促进生命周期转变的环境触发因素将使我们能够更好地预测其可能对淡水生态系统造成的潜在负面影响。
