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  • Is global ocean sprawl a cause of jellyfish blooms?

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    Duarte, Carlos M
    Pitt, Kylie A
    Lucas, Cathy H
    Purcell, Jennifer E
    Uye, Shin-ichi
    Robinson, Kelly
    Brotz, Lucas
    Decker, Mary Beth
    Sutherland, Kelly R
    Malej, Alenka
    Madin, Laurence
    Mianzan, Hermes
    Gili, Josep-Maria
    Fuentes, Veronica
    Atienza, Dacha
    Pages, Francesc
    Breitburg, Denise
    Malek, Jennafer
    Graham, William M
    Condon, Robert H
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Pitt, Kylie A.
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    Jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) blooms appear to be increasing in both intensity and frequency in many coastal areas worldwide, due to multiple hypothesized anthropogenic stressors. Here, we propose that the proliferation of artificial structures - associated with (1) the exponential growth in shipping, aquaculture, and other coastal industries, and (2) coastal protection (collectively, "ocean sprawl") - provides habitat for jellyfish polyps and may be an important driver of the global increase in jellyfish blooms. However, the habitat of the benthic polyps that commonly result in coastal jellyfish blooms has remained elusive, ...
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    Jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) blooms appear to be increasing in both intensity and frequency in many coastal areas worldwide, due to multiple hypothesized anthropogenic stressors. Here, we propose that the proliferation of artificial structures - associated with (1) the exponential growth in shipping, aquaculture, and other coastal industries, and (2) coastal protection (collectively, "ocean sprawl") - provides habitat for jellyfish polyps and may be an important driver of the global increase in jellyfish blooms. However, the habitat of the benthic polyps that commonly result in coastal jellyfish blooms has remained elusive, limiting our understanding of the drivers of these blooms. Support for the hypothesized role of ocean sprawl in promoting jellyfish blooms is provided by observations and experimental evidence demonstrating that jellyfish larvae settle in large numbers on artificial structures in coastal waters and develop into dense concentrations of jellyfish-producing polyps.
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    Journal Title
    Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
    Volume
    11
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1890/110246
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 Ecological Society of America. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/55576
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