Anthropogenic causes of jellyfish blooms and their direct consequences for humans: a review
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Dangerous jellyfish blooms are predictable.
The potentially fatal Irukandji syndrome is relatively common in tropical waters throughout the world. It is caused by the sting of the Irukandji jellyfish, a family of box jellyfish that are almost impossible to detect in the water owing to their small size and transparency. Using collated medical records of stings and local weather conditions, we show that the presence of Irukandji blooms in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Marine Ecology Progress Series
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0171-8630,1616-1599
DOI: 10.3354/meps07093