Live Estimation of Sea Nettle, Chrysaora quinquecirrha Probability
| The Sea Nettle, Chrysaora quinquecirrha, is the most common scyphozoan jellyfish in the Chesapeake Bay during the summer months. This jellyfish belong to the phylum Cnidaria, along with corals, hydroids, and anemones, and are in the class Scyphozoa. Sea Nettles are opportunistic carnivores that use their tentacles to capture prey. Their tentacles are covered with nematocysts, or stinging cells, that stun their prey and are also responsible for the stinging sensation we feel when in contact with them in the water. Using algorithms developed by the "Mapping Sea Nettles in the Chesapeake Bay" project, ACT is now providing realtime estimations of Sea Nettle abundance at the buoy location off of Brooms Island in the Patuxent River. (38 23.32 N, 76 31.59W ) "The Mapping Sea Nettles in Chesapeake Bay" project represents collaboration between scientists of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , Yale University, Shannon Point Marine Center and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. |
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Data over the past 24 hours.
Data over the past 3 days.
Data over the past week.
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Disclaimer
These realtime data are considered provisional.
Data obtained from the buoy are sent to a receiving station via radio waves and then processed automatically for viewing on the Web. Data have been automatically checked for obvious errors but are not considered "good" until further quality control steps have been taken. At no point have the data been reviewed or edited manually and thus errors from the buoy can and will be displayed online. Errors can occur due to a variety of reasons including but not limited to fouling or physical damage to the sensors. Data are considered provisional and should not be cited. Data are reviewed and checked for accuracy and are available through our archive.
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