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Club Medusae
Jellyfish are everywhere, and that's not a good thing |
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18 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:33 AM on 18 Jun 2008 Photo: Neil Harmon The natural cycle of Mediterranean jellyfish populations is to swell every 12 years, plateau for four to six years, then subside. But massive groups of gelatinous jellies have been showing up for the past eight years, and they show no sign of flagging. In fact, jellies are proliferating worldwide, and that makes scientists nervous. "Jellyfish are an excellent bellwether fo ... |
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Ranger crew encounters jellyfish swarm
Overfishing, pollution contribute to exponential rise |
Andrew Sharpless |
11 Jul 2007 |
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| Oceana divers documenting the state of ecological communities in Cabrera Marine Park along the Mediterranean Coast encountered swarms of jellyfish, with numbers in the thousands, 30 miles south of the area. On a seamount some 130 meters from the surface, Oceana's unmanned submarine robot revealed especially high concentrations of these jellies that have wreaked havoc along the Mediterranean in years past. Oceana is working to have the area added to the national p ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics) |
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