Alien egg sacks ?

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by katchfish

I've been seeing salps, moon jellyfish and purple-striped jellyfish recently at La Jolla.

Hopefully a sign of a flourishing ecosystem!

Salps reportedly can quickly generate massive populations that consume microscopic marine plants called diatoms. In some years, salp swarms may replace krill, which also eat diatoms. But while krill provide a rich, critical
food source, salps provide little nutrition.











eat the same

[katchfish]

Scientists speculate that global warming may favor salps over krill.

I wonder if the salps killed the penguins at La Jolla?

I haven’t seen one there, for at least 15 years��