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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica-Oblique","sans-serif";color:#222222'>REPORT JELLYFISH SIGHTINGS ON YOUR SMARTPHONE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>Do you ever run into Lion’s mane jellyfish, comb jellies or sea nettles when you’re fishing or swimming in Narragansett Bay? Some of these charismatic carnivores and other gelatinous plankton can sting, consume 10 times their weight each day in larvae of commercially important fish and shellfish species and other zooplankton prey, and cause nuisance blooms or “smacks” of jellies that interfere with human uses of coastal waters in late summer and early fall. However the jellies may also be useful indicators of environmental changes in Rhode Island waters related to coastal development, water quality, overfishing, aquaculture and global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>A group at Brown University is field-testing a crowd-sourced, geographically based application (</span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica-Oblique","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>collector for arcgis</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>) for smartphones, ipads and androids. The free </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica-Oblique","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>app </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>allows anglers, surfers, beachgoers and others to report their observations of eight different species of “jellies” that occur commonly in RI waters, along with associated weather and water conditions. The observations are mapped almost instantaneously in a Geographic Information System database maintained by Brown University, and can be viewed on your telephone or ipad when you’re logged in to the collector </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica-Oblique","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>app</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>The researchers want to get broader coverage of RI waters, year-round, in order to learn where jellies are, and are not occurring. If you are interested in participating, visit their Facebook page, </span><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica-BoldOblique","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>RI jellywatch </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>Or contact <a href="mailto:james_corbett@brown.edu">james_corbett@brown.edu</a>. 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