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Kiser, B. Books in brief. Nature 497, 315 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/497315a
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Phil Sandine
The book review for Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean indicates that there is a bleak future for our oceans due to ?the gelatinous omnivores that are jellyfish (that) are wreaking havoc in waters around the globe. As reams of evidence reveal, human changes to ocean ecosystems are producing perfect conditions for jelly-dominated seas.?
But as noted below, this apparently definitive prediction is likely premature.
Global Experts Question Claims About Jellyfish Populations
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Feb. 1, 2012 ? Blooms, or proliferation, of jellyfish have shown a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations — clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked intake lines for power plants — and recent media reports have created a perception that the world's oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such as global warming and overharvesting of fish.
Now, a new global and collaborative study conducted at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) questions claims that jellyfish are increasing worldwide and suggests claims are not supported with any hard evidence or scientific analyses to date.