Population dynamics of gelatinous organisms and their environmental connections

• Main Author: Kienberger, Karen
• Other Authors: Prieto Gálvez, Laura, Navarro Almendros, Gabriel, Universidad de Granada. Programa de Doctorado en Dinámica de Flujos Biogeoquímicos y sus Aplicaciones
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Granada 2019
• Subjects: Gelatinous organisms; Population dynamics; Environment; Mediterranean Sea; Estrecho; Observatorio; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57441

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 ecosyst...