Jellyfish and ctenophore blooms coincide with human proliferations and environmental perturbations

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 209-235

  Purcell, Jennifer E ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aquaculture; climate change; fishing; nonindigenous species; outbreak; shipping

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; CLIMATE CYCLE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; FORAGE FISH; HARD SUBSTRATE; HUMAN IMPACT; HUMAN POPULATION; HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH; NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES; OUTBREAK; TIME LINE; WARM TEMPERATURES;

AQUACULTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERIES; FISHING (OIL WELLS); FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; GLOBAL WARMING; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; JELLYFISH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEAFOOD; SHIPPING;

ANIMAL; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 82755184606     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142751     Document Type: Review

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