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  • Linking human well-being and jellyfish: ecosystem services, impacts and societal responses

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    Graham, William M
    Gelcich, Stefan
    Robinson, Kelly L
    Duarte, Carlos M
    Brotz, Lucas
    Purcell, Jennifer E
    Madin, Laurence P
    Mianzan, Hermes
    Sutherland, Kelly R
    Uye, Shin-ichi
    Pitt, Kylie A
    Lucas, Cathy H
    Bogeberg, Molly
    Brodeur, Richard D
    Condon, Rolert H
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Pitt, Kylie A.
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    Jellyfish are usually perceived as harmful to humans and are seen as "pests". This negative perception has hindered knowledge regarding their value in terms of ecosystem services. As humans increasingly modify and interact with coastal ecosystems, it is important to evaluate the benefits and costs of jellyfish, given that jellyfish bloom size, frequency, duration, and extent are apparently increasing in some regions of the world. Here we explore those benefits and costs as categorized by regulating, supporting, cultural, and provisioning ecosystem services. A geographical perspective of human vulnerability to jellyfish over ...
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    Jellyfish are usually perceived as harmful to humans and are seen as "pests". This negative perception has hindered knowledge regarding their value in terms of ecosystem services. As humans increasingly modify and interact with coastal ecosystems, it is important to evaluate the benefits and costs of jellyfish, given that jellyfish bloom size, frequency, duration, and extent are apparently increasing in some regions of the world. Here we explore those benefits and costs as categorized by regulating, supporting, cultural, and provisioning ecosystem services. A geographical perspective of human vulnerability to jellyfish over four categories of human well-being (health care, food, energy, and freshwater production) is also discussed in the context of thresholds and trade-offs to enable social adaptation. Whereas beneficial services provided by jellyfish likely scale linearly with biomass (perhaps peaking at a saturation point), non-linear thresholds exist for negative impacts to ecosystem services. We suggest that costly adaptive strategies will outpace the beneficial services if jellyfish populations continue to increase in the future.
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    Journal Title
    Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
    Volume
    12
    Issue
    9
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1890/130298
    Copyright Statement
    © 2014 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/10072/65212
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