| Description |
xiv, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : coloured illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Jellyfish behaving badly -- At the mercy of jellyfish -- Some astonishing ecological impacts -- Jellyfish completely out of control -- Jellyfish, planetary doom, and other trivia -- Jellyfish: the basics -- Overview of ecosystem perturbations -- Overfishing: a powerful agent of ecosystem change -- Eutrophication almost always leads to jellyfish -- Pollution destabilizes ecosystems -- Biopollution: the twelfth plague -- Climate change changes everything -- The weeds shall inherit the earth -- The allee effect, trophic cascades, and shifting baselines -- The jellyfish double whammy -- High-energy and low-energy ecosystems -- The oceans are dying to tell us something -- Ocean acidification: the "new" problem -- The rise of slime |
| Summary |
Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment: the dangerous, and now numerous jellyfish. The author states that the jellyfish population bloom is highly indicative of the tragic state of the world's ocean waters, while also revealing their incredible tenacity |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
General |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Subject |
Ecological disturbances.
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Jellyfish blooms.
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Jellyfishes -- Ecology.
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Marine ecology.
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| Author |
Earle, Sylvia A., 1935-
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| LC no. |
2012043147 |
| ISBN |
9780226020105 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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