The Jellytrack project

Project participants

The Barrel jellyfish

Tracking the jellies!

Jellyfish Research at the Coastal & Marine Resources Centre  at the University Cork College (Ireland)

www.cmrc.ucc.ie

Links

Turtle & jellyfish Research at Swansea University: 
www.swan.ac.uk/biosci/Research/SMART/SMARTProjects/

Jellyfish on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/

 

 

Connectivity of jellyfish populations: “Jellytrack”

Pictures of jellyfish: 
www.jellyfish.gallery.sytes.org

Phone: +44 (1792) 205678 ext 4614

s.fossette@swansea.ac.uk

To contact us:

National Environment Research Council (NERC)

www.nerc.ac.uk

 

 

Selected publications from the Jellytrack team:

 

Richardson et al. (2009) The Jellyfish joyride : causes, consequences and management responses to a more gelatinous future. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 24: 312-322

 

Lynam et al. (2011) Have jellyfish in the Irish Sea benefited from climate change and overfishing. Global Change Biology. 17: 767-782

 

Bastian et al (2011) Fisheries bycatch data provide insights into the distribution of the mauve stinger (Pelagia noctulica) around Ireland. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 68: 436-443.

 

Hays et al. (2012) High activity and Levy searches: jellyfish can search the water column like fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 279: 465-473.