Jellyfish Blooms

Jellyfish Blooms edited by Kylie A. Pitt, Cathy H. Lucas.

Jellyfish are one of the most conspicuous animals in our oceans and are renowned for their propensity to form spectacular blooms. The unique features of the biology and ecology of jellyfish that enable them to bloom also make them successful invasive species and, in a few places around the world, je...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pitt, Kylie A. (Editor), Lucas, Cathy H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Aquatic ecology .
Animal ecology.
Invertebrates.
Environmental management.
Applied ecology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I Ecology of jellyfish blooms
  • Chapter 2. What are jellyfish and thaliaceans and why do they bloom?
  • Chapter 3. Nonindigenous marine jellyfish: invasiveness, invisibility and impacts
  • Chapter 4. Bloom and bust: why do blooms of jellyfish collapse?
  • Chapter 5. Ecological and societal benefits of jellyfish
  • Chapter 6. Living with jellyfish: management and adaptation strategies
  • Part II Case studies
  • Chapter 7. Population fluctuations of jellyfish in the Bering Sea and their ecological role in this productive shelf ecosystem
  • Chapter 8. The giant jellyfish Nemopile manomurai in East Asian marginal seas
  • Chapter 9. Contrasting trends in populations of Rhopile maesculentum and Aurelia aurita in Chinese waters
  • Chapter 10. Chrysaora plocamia: A poorly understood jellyfish from South America
  • Chapter 11. Pelagia noctiluca in the Mediterranean Sea
  • Chapter 12. The ecology of Box jellyfish (Cubozoa).

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