Jellyfish Populations: Unbalanced Ecosystems
Topic:
Over the past decade, jellyfish populations have increased in response to changing ocean conditions. Since jellyfish prey on the local fish population, an increase in jellyfish blooms affects our fisheries and leads to an unbalanced ecosystem.
Requirement Reminders:
At least 3 FULL pages (Reference List does not count as a page)
Must have a clearly defined Thesis sentence
Minimum 3 scholarly peer reviewed journals
Minimal grammar mistakes, excessive grammar mistakes will result in loss of points
Paper does not have to be complete but it should be close
All work must be: Double Spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt font, 1-inch boarders, APA formatting. Remove the extra space between paragraphs that Word puts in. Do not put two spaces between …show more content…
They were considered to be unimportant to marine ecosystems leaving them even more neglected (Brotz, 2012). However jellyfish are now being looked at more closely because they can be used to help indicate the ocean’s health (Schrope, 2012). It is also important to keep track of them because of the ways they affect us. Jellyfish disturb tourists with their stings, can cause clogs in water intake pipes, and hurt fisheries by eating fish and fish eggs. Unfortunately, however, collecting data on jellyfish populations is difficult because of large sizes, fragile bodies, and their populations tend to be non-dispersed (Purcell, 2009). Using a net would most likely damage the specimen being collected. Using different types of surveys such as video, shore, ocean surface, and aerial views would help in getting population data for jellyfish (Purcell, …show more content…
The delicacy of jellyfish makes obtaining solid, quantitative data difficult and accurate analysis on blooms over time is hard to establish. Without a way to track these potentially dangerous occurrences, increasingly abundant jellyfish blooms are a phenomenon to take notice of. In Jennifer Purcell's 2010 Jellyfish Blooms: New Problems and Solutions, Purcell states the likely causes of these occurrences include, but are not limited to, "over-harvesting of commercial species, eutrophication, [and] decreased oxygen." If jellyfish are affected by these changes, then so are the other species in their ecosystem. Therefore an increase in jellyfish blooms is indicative of the general degradation of the ocean as a whole and is a topic of major importance. The more care paid to the topic by scientists, politicians, and students, the more awareness is raised in the public sphere, and the more necessary actions are taken to prevent damage to our oceans and their
Over the past decade, jellyfish populations have increased in response to changing ocean conditions. Since jellyfish prey on the local fish population, an increase in jellyfish blooms affects our fisheries and leads to an unbalanced ecosystem.
Requirement Reminders:
At least 3 FULL pages (Reference List does not count as a page)
Must have a clearly defined Thesis sentence
Minimum 3 scholarly peer reviewed journals
Minimal grammar mistakes, excessive grammar mistakes will result in loss of points
Paper does not have to be complete but it should be close
All work must be: Double Spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt font, 1-inch boarders, APA formatting. Remove the extra space between paragraphs that Word puts in. Do not put two spaces between …show more content…
They were considered to be unimportant to marine ecosystems leaving them even more neglected (Brotz, 2012). However jellyfish are now being looked at more closely because they can be used to help indicate the ocean’s health (Schrope, 2012). It is also important to keep track of them because of the ways they affect us. Jellyfish disturb tourists with their stings, can cause clogs in water intake pipes, and hurt fisheries by eating fish and fish eggs. Unfortunately, however, collecting data on jellyfish populations is difficult because of large sizes, fragile bodies, and their populations tend to be non-dispersed (Purcell, 2009). Using a net would most likely damage the specimen being collected. Using different types of surveys such as video, shore, ocean surface, and aerial views would help in getting population data for jellyfish (Purcell, …show more content…
The delicacy of jellyfish makes obtaining solid, quantitative data difficult and accurate analysis on blooms over time is hard to establish. Without a way to track these potentially dangerous occurrences, increasingly abundant jellyfish blooms are a phenomenon to take notice of. In Jennifer Purcell's 2010 Jellyfish Blooms: New Problems and Solutions, Purcell states the likely causes of these occurrences include, but are not limited to, "over-harvesting of commercial species, eutrophication, [and] decreased oxygen." If jellyfish are affected by these changes, then so are the other species in their ecosystem. Therefore an increase in jellyfish blooms is indicative of the general degradation of the ocean as a whole and is a topic of major importance. The more care paid to the topic by scientists, politicians, and students, the more awareness is raised in the public sphere, and the more necessary actions are taken to prevent damage to our oceans and their