Jellyfish Blooms : Ecological and Societal Importance - Proceedings of the International Conference on Jellyfish Blooms, Held in Gulf Shores, Alabama, 12-14 January 2000

Papers in this text include the medical aspects of jellyfish stings, jellyfish as human food and jellyfish fisheries, interactions of jellyfish and fish, effects of environmental changes on jellyfish, and effects of introduced ctenophores on the Black Sea ecosystem.

Jellyfish and Human Enterprise: Fisheries and Tourism. Medical aspects; Burnett. Jellyfish as food; Hsieh, et al. Jellyfish fisheries; Omori, Nakano. Interactions with fish; Purcell, Arai. Feeding on salps by anchovies; Mianzan. Jellyfish and Changing Ecosystems. Blooms in response to changing ocean conditions; Mills. Eutrophication; Arai. Polyp survival and development in low DO; Condon, et al. Jellyfish increases in GOM; Graham. Blooms of Mnemiopsis in relation to temperature; Sullivan, et al. The impact of El Nino on mesopelagic hydromedusae; Raskoff. Jellyfish swarms (Mastigias) and El Nino; Dawson, et al. Comparison of Mnemiopsis in native and non-native habitats; Purcell, et al. Chemical composition, respiration and feeding of Beroe in Black Sea; Finenko, et al. Beroe in Black Sea; Shiganova, et al. Physical/Hydrodynamic Interactions with Jellyfish. Interactions with physical features - solicited review; Pages, et al. Modeling relative to circulation; Johnson, Perry. Flow and prey capture by Phyllorhiza punctata; D''Ambra, et al. Jellyfish Reproduction and Population Biology. Reproduction and life history strategies of Aurelia - solicited review; Lucas. Ephyrae production of Aurelia; Watanabe, Ishii. Molecular phylogenetics of Aurelia; Dawson, Martin. General Ecology of Jellyfish. Chrysaora and Aequorea in Benguela; Sparks, Gibbons. Ciliary structures in food groves of Mnemiopsis; Moss, et al. Protistan epibionts of Mnemiopsis; Moss, et al. Parasites; Martorelli. Food and impact of Aurelia on zooplankton; Ishii, Tanaka. Periphylla; Youngbluth, Bamstedt.