Abstract The Last Interglacial (MIS 5e, 128–116 ka) is among the most studied past periods
in Earth's history. The climate at that time was warmer than today, primarily due to different …

The uprising interest in gelatinous zooplankton populations must cope with a lack of robust
time series of direct abundance observations in most of the ecosystems because of the …

Molecular analyses have led to an increased knowledge of the number and distribution of
morphologically cryptic species in the world's oceans and, concomitantly, to the identification …

Knowledge of jellyfish populations in the Mediterranean Sea is rather extensive, due to a
combination of long-term datasets and interest relating to impacts on human activities. The …

The rapid expansion of multicellular native and alien species outbreaks in aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems (bioinvasions) may produce significant impacts on bacterial …

Background: Jellyfish respond quickly to external stress that stimulates mucus secretion as a
defense. Neither the composition of secreted mucus nor the process of secretion are well …

understanding the life cycle strategies and predatory impact of alien jellyfish species is
critical to mitigate the impact that these organisms may have on local populations …

Spatial increases and temporal shifts in outbreaks of gelatinous plankton have been
observed over the past several decades in many estuarine and coastal ecosystems. The …

In recent decades, an increase in the abundance and frequency of bloom events has been
reported for the scyphozoan Rhizostoma pulmo in the Mediterranean Sea. Understanding …

Abstract The scyphozoan Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus) sl, is a cosmopolitan species-complex
which blooms seasonally in a variety of coastal and shelf sea environments around the …