The jellyfish joyride: causes, consequences and management responses to a more gelatinous future

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 312-322

  Richardson, Anthony J ^a,b   Bakun, Andrew ^c   Hays, Graeme C ^d   Gibbons, Mark J ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JELLYFISH; OVERFISHING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL; COELENTERATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 65649083396     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.010     Document Type: Review

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