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Jellyfish in coastal ecosystems: advances in our understanding of population drivers, role in biogeochemical cycling, and socio-economic impacts

Jellyfish in coastal ecosystems: advances in our understanding of population drivers, role in biogeochemical cycling, and socio-economic impacts
Jellyfish in coastal ecosystems: advances in our understanding of population drivers, role in biogeochemical cycling, and socio-economic impacts
Jellyfish (herein, cnidarians and ctenophores) are natural members of marine ecosystems, and are widely distributed in the coastal zone. Flexibility in their physiology, trophic ecology and life history enable several species to form population outbreaks or blooms. Because of the potential impacts blooms have on ecosystem structure and function and human activities, research focuses on understanding their causes and consequences. A brief introduction to jellyfish research from the last 20 years is followed by three areas of recent research: 1) In the complex metagenic life cycle of scyphozoans, which life-stages(s) are the key determinants of population fluctuation? 2) What is the role of jellyfish in nutrient cycling and ecosystem productivity? 3) How are jellyfish detrimental and beneficial to human activity?
Gelatinous zooplankton, jellyfish, Jellyfish Blooms, Life cycles, biogeochemical cycle, nitrification, biodiversity, ecosystem services, Food webs, microbiome
474-495
Elsevier Inc.
Lucas, Cathy H.
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Loveridge, Alexandra
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Hubot, Nathan D.
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Baird, Daniel
Elliott, Michael
Lucas, Cathy H.
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Loveridge, Alexandra
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Hubot, Nathan D.
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Elliott, Michael

Lucas, Cathy H., Loveridge, Alexandra and Hubot, Nathan D. (2024) Jellyfish in coastal ecosystems: advances in our understanding of population drivers, role in biogeochemical cycling, and socio-economic impacts. In, Baird, Daniel and Elliott, Michael (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science. 2 ed. Elsevier Inc., pp. 474-495. (doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00110-4).

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Jellyfish (herein, cnidarians and ctenophores) are natural members of marine ecosystems, and are widely distributed in the coastal zone. Flexibility in their physiology, trophic ecology and life history enable several species to form population outbreaks or blooms. Because of the potential impacts blooms have on ecosystem structure and function and human activities, research focuses on understanding their causes and consequences. A brief introduction to jellyfish research from the last 20 years is followed by three areas of recent research: 1) In the complex metagenic life cycle of scyphozoans, which life-stages(s) are the key determinants of population fluctuation? 2) What is the role of jellyfish in nutrient cycling and ecosystem productivity? 3) How are jellyfish detrimental and beneficial to human activity?

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e-pub ahead of print date: 22 March 2024
Published date: 22 March 2024
Keywords: Gelatinous zooplankton, jellyfish, Jellyfish Blooms, Life cycles, biogeochemical cycle, nitrification, biodiversity, ecosystem services, Food webs, microbiome

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Local EPrints ID: 489040
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/489040
PURE UUID: 08693a74-6e31-4028-b9b2-e6f39bac71b0
ORCID for Cathy H. Lucas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5929-7481
ORCID for Nathan D. Hubot: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6917-2255

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Date deposited: 11 Apr 2024 16:52
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:34

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Author: Cathy H. Lucas ORCID iD
Author: Alexandra Loveridge
Author: Nathan D. Hubot ORCID iD
Editor: Daniel Baird
Editor: Michael Elliott

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