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Jellyfish Blooms: Ecological and Societal Importance

Proceedings of the International Conference on Jellyfish Blooms, held in Gulf Shores, Alabama, 12–14 January 2000

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. J. E. Purcell

    1. Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Lab., University of Maryland, Cambridge, USA

  2. W. M. Graham

    1. Dauphin Island Sea Lab., Dauphin Island, USA

  3. H. J. Dumont

    1. Institute of Animal Ecology, University of Ghent, Belgium

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 155)

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`Jellyfish', a group that includes scyphomedusae, hydromedusae, siphonophores and ctenophores, are important zooplankton predators throughout the world's estuaries and oceans. These beautiful creatures have come to public attention as featured exhibits in aquaria and in news headlines as invaders and as providers of genes used in biomedical research. Nevertheless, jellyfish are generally considered to be nuisances because they interfere with human activities by stinging swimmers, clogging power plant intakes and nets of fishermen and fish farms, and competing with fish and eating fish eggs and larvae. There is concern that environmental changes such as global warming, eutrophication, and over-fishing may result in increased jellyfish populations.
The literature reviews and research papers in this volume explore the interactions between jellyfish and humans. Papers cover the medical aspects of jellyfish stings, jellyfish as human food and jellyfish fisheries, interactions of jellyfish and fish, effects of environmental changes on jellyfish, effects of introduced ctenophores on the Black Sea ecosystem, factors causing increases or concentrations of jellyfish, and others aspects of jellyfish ecology. This is an important reference for students and professional marine biologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists, and aquarists.

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Jellyfish and Human Enterprise: Fisheries and Tourism

    1. Medical aspects of jellyfish envenomation: pathogenesis, case reporting and therapy

      • Joseph W. Burnett
      Pages 1-9

    2. Jellyfish as food

      • Y-H. Peggy Hsieh, Fui-Ming Leong, Jack Rudloe
      Pages 11-17

    3. Jellyfish fisheries in southeast Asia

      • Makoto Omori, Eiji Nakano
      Pages 19-26

    4. Interactions of pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores with fish: a review

      • Jennifer E. Purcell, Mary N. Arai
      Pages 27-44

    5. Feeding on survival-food: gelatinous plankton as a source of food for anchovies

      • H. Mianzan, M. Pájaro, G. Alvarez Colombo, A. Madirolas
      Pages 45-53

  3. Jellyfish and Changing Ecosystems

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

      • Claudia E. Mills
      Pages 55-68

    2. Pelagic coelenterates and eutrophication: a review

      • Mary N. Arai
      Pages 69-87

    3. Effects of low dissolved oxygen on survival and asexual reproduction of scyphozoan polyps (Chrysaora quinquecirrha)

      • Robert H. Condon, Mary Beth Decker, Jennifer E. Purcell
      Pages 89-95

    4. Numerical increases and distributional shifts of Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor) and Aurelia aurita (Linné) (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the northern Gulf of Mexico

      • W. M. Graham
      Pages 97-111

    5. Timing and size of blooms of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in relation to temperature in Narragansett Bay, RI

      • Barbara K. Sullivan, Donna Van Keuren, Michael Clancy
      Pages 113-120

    6. The impact of El Niño events on populations of mesopelagic hydromedusae

      • Kevin A. Raskoff
      Pages 121-129

    7. Jellyfish swarms, tourists, and the Christ-child

      • Mike N. Dawson, Laura E. Martin, Lolita K. Penland
      Pages 131-144

    8. The ctenophore Mnemiopsis in native and exotic habitats: U.S. estuaries versus the Black Sea basin

      • Jennifer E. Purcell, Tamara A. Shiganova, Mary Beth Decker, Edward D. Houde
      Pages 145-176

    9. Chemical composition, respiration and feeding rates of the new alien ctenophore, Beroe ovata, in the Black Sea

      • G. A. Finenko, B. E. Anninsky, Z. A. Romanova, G. I. Abolmasova, A. E. Kideys
      Pages 177-186

    10. The new invader Beroe ovata Mayer 1912 and its effect on the ecosystem in the northeastern Black Sea

      • Tamara A. Shiganova, Yulia V. Bulgakova, Stanislav P. Volovik, Zinaida A. Mirzoyan, Sergey I. Dudkin
      Pages 187-197

  4. Physical/Hydrodynamic Interactions With Jellyfish

    1. A physical context for gelatinous zooplankton aggregations: a review

      • William M. Graham, Fransesc Pagès, William M. Hamner
      Pages 199-212

    2. Developing jellyfish strategy hypotheses using circulation models

      • Donald R. Johnson, Harriet M. Perry, W. David Burke
      Pages 213-221

    3. Flow and prey capture by the scyphomedusa Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884

      • Isabella D’Ambra, John H. Costello, Flegra Bentivegna
      Pages 223-227
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Lab., University of Maryland, Cambridge, USA

    J. E. Purcell

  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab., Dauphin Island, USA

    W. M. Graham

  • Institute of Animal Ecology, University of Ghent, Belgium

    H. J. Dumont

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Jellyfish Blooms: Ecological and Societal Importance

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Conference on Jellyfish Blooms, held in Gulf Shores, Alabama, 12–14 January 2000

  • Editors: J. E. Purcell, W. M. Graham, H. J. Dumont

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0722-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6964-6Published: 31 October 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3835-5Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0722-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 333

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Food Science

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