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Jellyfish Stranding in the Moroccan North-West Mediterranean Coastline

[ ISSN : 2573-3710 ]

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Received: 06-Sep-2018

Accepted: 12-Nov-2018

Published: 15-Nov-2018

Research Article | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Majda Aouititen1*, Ratiba Bekkali1, Driss Nachit1 and Mohammed Mrhraout2

1Laboratory of Environment, Biodiversity and Ecology, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco

2National Institute of Fisheries Research Tangier-M’Diq, Morocco

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Majda AOUITITEN, Laboratory of Environment, Biodiversity and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, BP. 2121 M’HannechII, 93030 Tetouan, Morocco, Tel: +212623264959

Keywords

Pelagia noctiluca; Jellyfish; Stranding; Morocco; Mediterranean north-west coastline

Abstract

In the recent years, the frequency and the geographic distribution of jellyfish blooms have been increased in the Mediterranean north-west coastline of Morocco, since 2011 this area has been subjected to successive blooms and stranding of Pelagia noctiluca; our research was aimed to study the causes of jellyfish blooms and stranding in our coastline. We have evaluated three parameters that we are suspecting to be responsible of Jellyfish stranding on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Morocco. The evaluation of the relations between sea surface temperature, waves height and the wind direction causing the stranding of Jellyfish, demonstrated that the correlation scores was found to be statistically significant with r(33) =0.445, p < 0.01, for sea surface temperature (°C) and r(33) =0. 694, p

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Aouititen M, Bekkali R, Nachit D and Mrhraout M. Jellyfish Stranding in the Moroccan North-West Mediterranean Coastline. SM J Biol. 2018; 4(1): 1019.