Jellyfish Blooms
Jellyfish are one of the most conspicuous animals in our oceans and are renowned for their propensity to form spectacular blooms. The unique features of the biology and ecology of jellyfish that enable them to bloom also make them successful invasive spec
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Jellyfish Blooms
Jellyfish Blooms
Kylie A. Pitt • Cathy H. Lucas Editors
Jellyfish Blooms
Editors Kylie A. Pitt Australian Rivers Institute and Griffith School of Environment Griffith University Griffith, QLD, Australia
Cathy H. Lucas National Oceanography Centre Southampton University of Southampton Southampton, UK
ISBN 978-94-007-7014-0 ISBN 978-94-007-7015-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7015-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013952984 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgements
The idea for this book was conceived at the 2011 ASLO meeting in Puerto Rico when Martine van Bezooijen, a handling editor from Springer, approached us with the idea of producing a book about jellyfish blooms. Her idea followed from the great success of the four special volumes of Hydrobiologia resulting from the first three International Jellyfish Blooms symposia held in Alabama, USA (2000), Gold Coast, Australia (2007), and Mar del Plata, Argentina (2010) and the ASLO 2009 meeting in Nice. Martine was heavily involved in the production of several of these special volumes and was very keen to see a new book on the subject. A successful proposal was submitte
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