The perception that anthropogenic stressors cause jellyfish blooms is widespread within the
scientific literature and media but robust evidence in support of these claims appears scarce …

The study of jellyfish blooms has gained attention in the recent decades because of the
importance of forecasting and anticipating them and avoiding their interference with human …

The risk of aquatic invasions in the Arctic is expected to increase with climate warming,
greater ship** activity and resource exploitation in the region. Planktonic and benthic …

Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) and subsequent climate warming is a critical
threat to our oceans. Increased ocean temperatures are speculated to be a driving factor in …

Jellyfish outbreaks are conspicuous natural events in marine ecosystems that have a
substantial impact on the structure and dynamics of marine ecosystems and different …

Scyphozoan jellyfish blooms display high interannual variability in terms of timing of
appearance and size of the bloom. To understand the causes of this variability, the …

Since first reported in the eastern Mediterranean in the 1970s, the swarm-forming
scyphomedusa, Rhopilema nomadica, has been continuously expanding westward. We …

Investigations on sexual reproduction of jellyfish are essential to understanding mechanisms
and patterns of outbreaks formation. Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775)(Scyphozoa) is known …

Polyps of two moon jellyfish species, Aurelia coerulea and A. relicta, from two Adriatic Sea
coastal habitats were incubated under multiple combinations of temperature (14, 21° C) …

To gain understanding and predict how jellyfish populations will respond to anthropogenic
changes, we first need to understand the factors that influence the distribution and …