Jellyfish blooms in China: Dominant species, causes and consequences

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 954-963

  Dong, Zhijun ^a   Liu, Dongyan ^a   Keesing, John K ^a,b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Aurelia aurita; Bloom; China; Climate change; Cyanea nozakii; Eutrophication; Jellyfish; Nemopilema nomurai; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

AURELIA; AURELIA AURITA; BLOOM; BOHAI SEA; CHINA; COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL SEAS; DOMINANT SPECIES; EAST CHINA SEA; HABITAT MODIFICATION; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; YELLOW SEA;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUACULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EUTROPHICATION; JELLYFISH; OVERFISHING; POPULATION OUTBREAK; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; AURELIA AURITA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CYANEA NOZAKII; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FISHING; HABITAT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; JELLYFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMOPILEMA NOMURAI; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCYPHOZOA;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

AURELIA AURITA; CYANEA NOZAKII; NEMOPILEMA NOMURAI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77954027354     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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