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    Questioning the rise of gelatinous zooplankton in the world's oceans

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    Date
    2012-02
    Author
    Condon, Robert H.  Concept link
    Graham, William M.  Concept link
    Duarte, Carlos M.  Concept link
    Pitt, Kylie A.  Concept link
    Lucas, Cathy H.  Concept link
    Haddock, Steven H. D.  Concept link
    Sutherland, Kelly R.  Concept link
    Robinson, Kelly L.  Concept link
    Dawson, Michael N.  Concept link
    Decker, Mary Beth  Concept link
    Mills, Claudia E.  Concept link
    Purcell, Jennifer E.  Concept link
    Malej, Alenka  Concept link
    Mianzan, Hermes  Concept link
    Uye, Shin-Ichi  Concept link
    Gelcich, Stefan  Concept link
    Madin, Laurence P.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5076
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.2.9
    DOI
    10.1525/bio.2012.62.2.9
    Keyword
     Bloom; Media; Jellyfish; Salp; Global synthesis 
    Abstract
    During the past several decades, high numbers of gelatinous Zooplankton species have been reported in many estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Coupled with media-driven public perception, a paradigm has evolved in which the global ocean ecosystems are thought to he heading toward being dominated by “nuisance” jellyfish. We question this current paradigm by presenting a broad overview of gelatinous Zooplankton in a historical context to develop the hypothesis that population changes reflect the human-mediated alteration of global ocean ecosystems. To this end, we synthesize information related to the evolutionary context of contemporary gelatinous Zooplankton blooms, the human frame of reference for changes in gelatinous Zooplankton populations, and whether sufficient data are available to have established the paradigm. We conclude that the current paradigm in which it is believed that there has been a global increase in gelatinous Zooplankton is unsubstantiated, and we develop a strategy for addressing the critical questions about long-term, human-related changes in the sea as they relate to gelatinous Zooplankton blooms.
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    Author Posting. © American Institute of Biological Sciences, 2012. This article is posted here by permission of American Institute of Biological Sciences for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in BioScience 62 (2012): 160-169, doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.2.9.
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    BioScience 62 (2012): 160-169
     

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