Flawed citation practices facilitate the unsubstantiated perception of a global trend toward increased jellyfish blooms

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1039-1049

  Sanz Martín, Marina ^a,b   Pitt, Kylie A ^c   Condon, Robert H ^d   Lucas, Cathy H ^e   Novaes de Santana, Charles ^f   Duarte, Carlos M ^g  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Citations; gelatinous zooplankton; increasing; jellyfish; network; perception; population; trends

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION; JELLYFISH; PERCEPTION; POPULATION GROWTH; TREND ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84977125926     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12474     Document Type: Article

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