High photosynthetic plasticity may reinforce invasiveness of upside-down zooxanthellate jellyfish in Mediterranean coastal waters

• Marta Mammone ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marta.mammone@unisalento.it (MM); stefano.piraino@unisalento.it (SP); sergio.rossi@unisalento.it (SR)

  Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1371-8041

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• Christine Ferrier-Pagés,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Ecophysiology Team, Monaco, France

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• Silvia Lavorano,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Acquario di Genova, Genova, Italy

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• Lucia Rizzo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-0582

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• Stefano Piraino ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marta.mammone@unisalento.it (MM); stefano.piraino@unisalento.it (SP); sergio.rossi@unisalento.it (SR)

  Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, CoNISMa, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-9390

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• Sergio Rossi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marta.mammone@unisalento.it (MM); stefano.piraino@unisalento.it (SP); sergio.rossi@unisalento.it (SR)

  Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, CoNISMa, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Rome, Italy, Labomar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

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