20.500.12556/DiRROS-22589 Spatially explicit individual-based model reveals the mauve stinger jellyfish distribution in the Mediterranean Sea The mauve stinger Pelagia noctiluca is a holoplanktonic oceanic jellyfish known for its painful sting and large outbreaks at irregular intervals. As jellyfish field observations are almost exclusively limited to coastal regions, there are many unknowns about the spatial and temporal dynamics of most species. We approach the problem using a spatially explicit individual-based model for the mauve stinger in the Mediterranean Sea. The newly developed module for the OpenDrift Lagrangian particle tracking tool includes diel vertical migrations, fooddependent growth modeled on Michaelis–Menten kinetics, and custom mortality related to shallow waters and stranding. In the first part of the study, we analyze the resulting parameter space searching for solutions that ensure a stable Pelagia noctilucapopulation in the western Mediterranean Sea. In the second part, we conducted several 21-year simulations. Despite its relative simplicity, the model reveals for the first time the dynamic spatio-temporal distribution of Pelagia noctiluca. We demonstrate how spatially explicit individual-based model can be used to generate a realistic spatio-temporal distribution of marine zooplankton, even with a limited set of observations and loosely constrained parameters. The model code is easy to modify and freely available. individual-based model agent-based model zooplankton Lagrangian particle tracking ocean circulation jellyfish individualni model zooplankton lagrangevsko sledenje meduze želatinozni zooplankton true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2025-06-05 15:18:31 2025-06-05 15:18:32 2025-10-24 03:51:43 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 1-13 [article no.] 111109 Vol. 505 Jun. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-06-01 574.5 0304-3800 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111109 237844739 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438002500095X 1 952cf1a1-420f-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32702 RAZ_Vodopivec_Martin_2025.pdf RAZ_Vodopivec_Martin_2025.pdf 1 9B453AE01A9B10D16ED6E6189C075803 ecc5036659722c075bfafef1ae75bc45a77ceedb312ef45278c1c0e183832920 abcf2746-420f-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32703 https://gitlab.com/mvodopivec/pelagiaibm 0 9cf48e5f-42a4-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32707 https://figshare.com/articles/software/PelagiaIBM/27605307 0 d14dbe4d-42a4-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32708 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo PelagiaIBM 0 0 0