Global Distribution of Coccolithophore Blooms

Role of in the Global Proliferation of Harmful Algal Blooms

Is global ocean sprawl a cause of jellyfish blooms?

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org M explanations have been suggested for possible drivers of the apparent increase of jellyfish blooms in many coastal waters around the globe, including the depletion of predators and competitors of jellyfish by overfishing, accidental translocations, eutrophication of coastal waters, changes in freshwater flows, human modification o...

Recurrent jellyfish blooms are a consequence of global oscillations.

A perceived recent increase in global jellyfish abundance has been portrayed as a symptom of degraded oceans. This perception is based primarily on a few case studies and anecdotal evidence, but a formal analysis of global temporal trends in jellyfish populations has been missing. Here, we analyze all available long-term datasets on changes in jellyfish abundance across multiple coastal station...

Time series of coccolithophore activity in the Barents Sea, from twenty years of satellite imagery

[1] Blooms of the coccolithophorid Emiliana huxleyi may be sensitive to climate change. A comparison of global Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS, 1978–1986) and Seaviewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS, 1997– present) imagery appears to show them advancing into some sub-Arctic seas. To determine when coccolithophore blooms appeared in the Barents Sea this paper makes use of Advanced Very Hi...

Global changes, cyanobacterial blooms and threats to aquatic biodiversity.