Over the last 50 years there has been an increased frequency and severity of negative
impacts affecting marine fishery and aquaculture sectors, which claimed significant …

Over recent decades, man's expanding influence on the oceans has begun to cause change
in some regions, including in the Mediterranean Sea. New proliferations of jellyfish may be …

Knowledge of jellyfish populations in the Mediterranean Sea is rather extensive, due to a
combination of long-term datasets and interest relating to impacts on human activities. The …

A long-term time series of plankton records collected by the continuous plankton recorder
(CPR) Survey in the northeast Atlantic indicates an increased occurrence of Cnidaria since …

Representatives of gelatinous zooplankton are increasingly reported in large numbers, with
more than 1000 species worldwide, including Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea, often …

Aim Global anthropogenic changes have altered biogeography and phenology of marine
populations, thereby promoting a spatial reconfiguration in the functioning of marine …

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

Abstract 142 scientific publications have been reviewed on the characteristics of the
scyphozoans with respect to their ability to develop blooms and the most significant …

Jellyfish are important predators of fish eggs and larvae and predation is believed to be the
main factor determining fish recruitment. The diet of different life stages of Pelagia noctiluca …

Despite covering only 0.82% of the ocean's surface, the Mediterranean Sea supports up to
18% of all known marine species, with 21% being listed as vulnerable and 11% as …