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Article: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER STINGING TRUTHS ABOUT JELLYFISH BLOOMS IN BERING SEA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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The National Science Foundation issued the following press release:
A new study helps explain a cyclic increase and decrease of jellyfish populations, which transformed parts of the Bering Sea-one of the U.S.'s most productive fisheries-into veritable jellytoriums during the 1990s.
The study shows that the availability of food for jellyfish may cap the potential size of the Bering Sea's jellyfish population, even while other factors, such as rising temperatures, may encourage its continued growth.
These results indicate that "anticipated temperature increases in the Bering Sea will not necessarily further increase its jellyfish populations," says Lorenzo Ciannelli of Oregon State ...