Jellyfish blooms: are populations increasing globally in response to changing ocean conditions?

• Published in: Hydrobiologia Vol. 451; no. 1-3; pp. 55 - 68
• Main Author: Mills, Claudia E.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.05.2001; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biological and medical sciences; Cnidaria; Coastal zone; Ctenophora; Demecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human influences; Introduced species; Invertebrates; Life cycles; Marine biology; Marine ecology; Marine ecosystems; Oceanography; Oceans; Protozoa. Invertebrata; Scyphozoa; Sea water ecosystems; Summer; Synecology; Zooplankton; Introduced species; Interspecific comparison; Biodiversity; Marine environment; Coelenterata; Ctenaria; Cnidaria; Bloom; Density fluctuation; Invertebrata; Zooplankton; Population density; Native species; Geographical variation

By the pulsed nature of their life cycles, gelatinous zooplankton come and go seasonally, giving rise in even the most undisturbed circumstances to summer blooms. Even holoplanktonic species like ctenophores increase in number in the spring or summer when planktonic food is available in greater abun...