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 …

Large population fluctuations of jellyfish occur over a variety of temporal scales, from weekly
to seasonal, inter-annual and even decadal, with some regions of the world reported to be …

We have compiled available records in the literature for medusozoan cnidarians and
ctenophores of South America. New records of species are also included. Each entry (ie …

Jellyfish (primarily scyphomedusae) fisheries have a long history in Asia, where jellyfish
have been caught and processed as food for centuries. More recently, jellyfish fisheries …

Scyphistomae show different modes of propagation, occasionally allowing the sudden
release of great numbers of medusae through strobilation leading to so-called jellyfish …

Scyphozoan jellyfish, or scyphomedusae, are conspicuous members of many ocean
ecosystems, and have large impacts on human health and industry. Most scyphomedusae …

ABSTRACT A majority of the world's largest net-based fisheries target planktivorous forage
fish that serve as a critical trophic link between the plankton and upper-level consumers …

Species richness in the seas has been underestimated due to the combined challenges
presented by the taxonomic impediment, delimitation of species, preponderance of cryptic …

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life—growing toxicity and rising
temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of …

A number of causes have been proposed to account for the occurrence of gelatinous
zooplankton (both jellyfish and ctenophore) blooms. Jellyfish species have a complex life …