Ghosts of the Techno-Fix Ocean? A Short History of Periphylla periphylla in the Norwegian Fjords

• Published in: Humanities
• Main Author: Tirza Meyer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2024
• Subjects: jellyfish; conservation; alien species; history of marine resources; ocean history; Anthropocene ocean; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities; AZ20-999; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/h13020044; https://doaj.org/article/5bef2219886b4b17b2a6e8b260c1818a

In 1980, reports of deep-sea jellyfish blooms in Norwegian fjords led researchers to investigate the problem. The helmet jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla , has since migrated far north into Arctic waters. This paper examines what happened when the jellyfish blooms were noticed in 1980 from a histori...