Have jellyfish in the Irish Sea benefited from climate change and overfishing?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 767-782

  Lynam, C P ^a   Lilley, M K S ^b   Bastian, T ^c   Doyle, T K ^c   Beggs, S E ^d   Hays, G C ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aurelia; Clupea; Cyanea; Gadus; Gelatinous; Medusae; Melanogrammus; Sprattus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISHERY SURVEY; JELLYFISH; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERFISHING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING (SEASON); STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

AURELIA; CLUPEA; CLUPEIDAE; CNIDARIA; COPEPODA; CYANEA (CNIDARIA); GADIDAE; GADUS; HYDROIDA; MELANOGRAMMUS; SCYPHOZOA; SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 78650800989     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02352.x     Document Type: Article

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