Population dynamics of gelatinous organisms and their environmental connections
Metadatos
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Kienberger, KarenEditorial
Universidad de Granada
Departamento
Universidad de Granada. Programa de Doctorado en Dinámica de Flujos Biogeoquímicos y sus AplicacionesMateria
Gelatinous organisms Population dynamics Environment Mediterranean Sea
Fecha
2019Fecha lectura
2019-10-03Referencia bibliográfica
Kienberger, Karen. Population dynamics of gelatinous organisms and their environmental connections. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2019. [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57441]
Patrocinador
Tesis Univ. Granada.; PERSEUS: Police-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern European Seas (FP7-287600) financiados por la Comisión Europea. MED2-CA: “Respuesta de medusas mediterráneas al efecto interactivo de motores climáticos de impacto: supervivencia en un Mediterráneo más cálido y ácido” (CTM2016-75487-R) financiados por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. “Forzamientos físicos en la proliferación costera de organismos gelatinosos”: Proyecto Intramural (201730I072) financiado por CSIC. “El estrecho como actor y receptor global: sistemas de observación en los ecosistemas marinos de Andalucía. Observatorio de cambio global del estrecho”: Convenio firmado entre el CSIC y la Consejería de Medio Ambiente (Junta de Andalucía). “Desarrollo de algoritmos para la detección remota de grupos funcionales de fitoplancton y su interrelación con el marco fisico en el estrecho de Gibraltar y mar de Alborán” (CTM2014-58181-R) financiados por el Ministerio de Economía y CompetitividadResumen
Gelatinous organisms are key members of the marine environment and have been
around circa 540-520 million years. It is well known that blooms (sudden outbreak of
one species which comes to dominate the plankton for a finite period) are natural
phenomena, which occur seasonally in many marine ecosystems. However, swimming
can be perceived as a “dangerous” activity in the presence of jellyfish blooms and this
can negatively affect the tourist trade. The economic damage is evident and can be
seriously detrimental when tourism is the main source of income, as is the case in many
coastal economies in southern Spain. In recent decades, the proliferation of jellyfish in
coastal waters appears to have increased in both frequency and intensity, producing
negative ecological, social and economic impacts. In some regions, these blooms of
gelatinous organisms have been connected to anthropogenic practices such as
overfishing, pollution, eutrophication, translocation, climate change, and ocean
acidification. Historically, due to a lack of interest in the ecological role of gelatinous
organisms, there is a clear gap of knowledge about their taxonomy, life cycle, ecology
and ecosystem services.