Jellyfish Blooms: Causes, Consequences and Recent Advances (eBook)

TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
Preface 8
Obituary: Francesc Page`s (1962–2007) 13
The growth of jellyfishes 17
Extension of methods for jellyfish and ctenophore trophic ecology to large- scale research 28
Patterns of jellyfish abundance in the North Atlantic 56
Jellyfish in ecosystems, online databases, and ecosystem models 71
Quantifying movement of the tropical Australian cubozoan Chironex fleckeri using acoustic telemetry 90
Acoustic survey of a jellyfish-dominated ecosystem ( Mljet Island, Croatia) 101
Stock enhancement of the edible jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye) in Liaodong Bay, China: a review 114
Stable isotope and fatty acid tracers in energy and nutrient studies of jellyfish: a review 120
Influence of jellyfish blooms on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and plankton production 134
Influence of decomposing jellyfish on the sediment oxygen demand and nutrient dynamics 151
A review and synthesis on the systematics and evolution of jellyfish blooms: advantageous aggregations and adaptive assemblages 161
A character-based analysis of the evolution of jellyfish blooms: adaptation and exaptation 192
A new Taqman PCR-based method for the detection and identification of scyphozoan jellyfish polyps 215
Comparative analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA from the moon jelly Aurelia sp. 1 ( Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) with characterizations of the 18S, 28S genes, and the intergenic spacer ( IGS) 227
The potential importance of podocysts to the formation of scyphozoan blooms: a review 238
Effects of temperature and light intensity on asexual reproduction of the scyphozoan, Aurelia aurita ( L.) in Taiwan 244
Substrate preferences of scyphozoan Aurelia labiata polyps among common dock- building materials 256
Ontogenetic changes in the ecological function of the association behavior between jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus and jellyfish 265
Kinematic properties of the jellyfish Aurelia sp. 274