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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 312-322Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.010
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- ARC [LP0883663]
- Royal Society (London)
- National Research Foundation (South Africa)
- Australian Research Council [LP0883663] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
- NERC [NE/F016786/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/F016786/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Human-induced stresses of overfishing, eutrophication, climate change, translocation and habitat modification appear to be promoting jellyfish (pelagic cnidarian and ctenophore) blooms to the detriment of other marine organisms. Mounting evidence suggests that the structure of pelagic ecosystems can change rapidly from one that is dominated by fish (that keep jellyfish in check through competition or predation) to a less desirable gelatinous state, with lasting ecological, economic and social consequences. Management actions needed to stop such changes require tactical coping strategies and longer-term preventative responses based on fundamental and targeted research on this understudied group.
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