Stung! : on jellyfish blooms and the future of the ocean
Gershwin, Lisa-Ann2013
Book
Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life—growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment: the beautiful, dangerous, and now incredibly numerous jellyfish. As foremost jellyfish expert Lisa-ann Gershwin describes in Stung!, the jellyfish population bloom is highly indicative of the tragic state of the world’s ocean waters, while also revealing the incredible tenacity of these remarkable creatures.
Main title:
Stung! : on jellyfish blooms and the future of the ocean / Lisa-Ann Gershwin ; with a foreword by Sylvia Earle.
Imprint:
Chicago, Illinois : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2013.Ù¯—ÙƯ2013
Collation:
xiv, 424 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Shelving notes:
29463 0000036461 1 11-09-2013 99 nyctro 17-09-2013 7
Contents:
Jellyfish behaving badly -- At the mercy of jellyfish -- Some astonishing ecological impacts -- Jellyfish completely out of control -- Jellyfish, planetary doom, and other trivia -- Jellyfish: the basics -- Overview of ecosystem perturbations -- Overfishing: a powerful agent of ecosystem change -- Eutrophication almost always leads to jellyfish -- Pollution destabilizes ecosystems -- Biopollution: the twelfth plague -- Climate change changes everything -- The weeds shall inherit the earth -- The allee effect, trophic cascades, and shifting baselines -- The jellyfish double whammy -- High-energy and low-energy ecosystems -- The oceans are dying to tell us something -- Ocean acidification: the "new" problem -- The rise of slime.
ISBN:
9780226020105 (hbk)022602010X (hbk)9780226213033
Dewey class:
593.53
LC class:
QL377.S4
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
210164
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 593.53 GERS | On loan - Due: 17 Jul 2026 |