Location of zooxanthellae in jellyfishes

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Table of contents

General introduction / Introduction générale 
1. Jellyfishes in marine ecosystems
2. Role of jellyfish specific life-cycles and body-plans for their population dynamics
3. Heterotrophic nutrition of jellyfishes
4. Nutrition of zooxanthellate jellyfishes, and the structure and objectives of this thesis
Chapter I: Review of the diversity, traits, and ecology of zooxanthellate jellyfishes
1. Introduction
2. Diversity of zooxanthellate jellyfishes
3. Roles of the zooxanthellae in jellyfish symbioses
4. Ecology of zooxanthellate jellyfishes
5. Summary and knowledge gaps
Chapter II: Influence of resource availability on zooxanthellate and nonzooxanthellate scyphozoan polyps: Similar budding and survival responses of Cassiopea sp. and Aurelia sp.
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Chapter III: δ13C, δ15N, and C:N ratios as nutrition indicators of zooxanthellate jellyfishes: insights from an experimental approach
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Chapter IV: Photosy-thesis or predatio? Nutritional plasticity of Palau’s Mastigias papua (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) using stable isotopes and fatty acids
Photosy-thesis or predation? Nutritional plasticity of Palau’s Mastigias papua (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) using stable isotopes and fatty acids
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
General discussion / Discussion générale 
1. Introduction
2. Scientific contributions of this thesis
3. Implications for the ecology of zooxanthellate jellyfishes
4. Knowledge gaps and future directions
5. Conclusions
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