Ecosystem productivity in coastal ocean upwelling systems is threatened by climate change.
Increases in spring and summer upwelling intensity, and associated increases in the rate of …

Summary 1 Top‐down control can be an important determinant of ecosystem structure and
function, but in oceanic ecosystems, where cascading effects of predator depletions …

A perceived recent increase in global jellyfish abundance has been portrayed as a symptom
of degraded oceans. This perception is based primarily on a few case studies and anecdotal …

Although recent articles state that jellyfish populations are increasing, most available
evidence shows that jellyfish abundances fluctuate with climatic cycles. Reports of …

Richardson, AJ 2008. In hot water: zooplankton and climate change.–ICES Journal of
Marine Science, 65: 279–295. An overview is provided of the observed and potential future …

Human-induced stresses of overfishing, eutrophication, climate change, translocation and
habitat modification appear to be promoting jellyfish (pelagic cnidarian and ctenophore) …

Like all species, humans have exercised their impulse to perpetuate and propagate
themselves. In doing so, we have domesticated landscapes and ecosystems in ways that …

Human populations have been concentrated along and exploiting the coastal zones for
millennia. Of regions with the highest human impacts on the oceans, 6 of the top 10 have …

Abstract Changes in marine plankton communities driven by environmental variability
impact the marine food web and global biogeochemical cycles of carbon and other …

Three jellyfish species, Aurelia aurita, Cyanea nozakii and Nemopilema nomurai, form large
blooms in Chinese seas. We report on the distribution and increasing incidence of jellyfish …