Jellyfish Blooms IV Interactions with humans and fisheries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Purcell, Jennifer (Editor), Mianzan, Hermes (Editor), Frost, Jesscia R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Developments in Hydrobiology ; 220
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Oceanography.; Aquatic ecology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Jellyfish generally are considered to be nuisances because they interfere with human activities by stinging swimmers, clogging power plant intakes and nets of fishermen, killing fish in aquaculture pens, and being both predators and competitors of fish. There is concern that environmental changes su...

Table of Contents:

• PART I: JELLYFISH BLOOMS
• PART II: JELLYFISH BLOOMS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES
• PART III: POTENTIAL CONTROLS ON JELLY POPULATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, PREDATION, AND PARASITISM
• PART IV: FATE OF JELLYFISH BLOOMS
• PART V: CUBOMEDUSAN BIOLOGY.