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Stung! : on jellyfish blooms and the future of the ocean / Lisa-Ann Gershwin ; with a foreword by Sylvia Earle.
| Author/creator | Gershwin, Lisa-Ann |
| Other author | Earle, Sylvia A., 1935- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013. |
| Description | xiv, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-408) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012043147 |
| ISBN | 9780226020105 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 022602010X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 022602024X (e-book) |
| ISBN | 9780226020242 (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QL377 .S4 G47 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |