Ecological and acoustic investigations of jellyfish (Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa)

• Main Author: Lynam, Christopher Philip
• Other Authors: Brierley, Andrew
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of St Andrews 2008
• Subjects: Jellyfish; Zooplankton; Acoustics; Fish; QL377.S4L8; Jellyfishes > Ecology; Marine invertebrate populations > Estimates; Animal population density > Measurement; Echo sounding; Underwater acoustics > Analysis; Arctic; Hake; Endeavour; Climate change; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/466

As the biomass of jellyfish (medusae of the Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa) has risen in numerous locations worldwide, awareness of their potential to exert a controlling influence on marine ecosystems and hinder the recruitment of fish stocks has increased. Medusae are capable of intensive, size–selective,...