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Jellyfish Blooms, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Coordinators: Pitt Kylie A., Lucas Cathy H.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Jellyfish Blooms:
Publication date: 09-2016
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 11-2013
304 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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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).