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Bloom or Bust: Retrospective Analysis of the Giant Jellyfish, Nemopilema nomurai (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae), Ecology in the East Asian Marginal Seas
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Yoder, Naomi |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | ...................................................................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................v LIST OF TABLES ...............................................................................................................1 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...............................................................................................1 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..............................................................................................1 CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................1 Background ..................................................................................................................... 7 Aquaculture in East Asia ............................................................................................ 7 Benthic Structures ....................................................................................................... 9 Bottom Conditions ...................................................................................................... 9 Fisheries .................................................................................................................... 10 Hypoxia ..................................................................................................................... 11 Objectives ................................................................................................................. 13 CHAPTER II – MATERIALS AND METHODS .............................................................14 Study Area and Data Collection ................................................................................... 14 Data Analysis ................................................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER III – RESULTS ...............................................................................................21 Correlation Analysis ..................................................................................................... 21 vi GLM and GAM Analysis.............................................................................................. 21 CHAPTER IV – DISCUSSION ........................................................................................28 Aquaculture ................................................................................................................... 28 Fisheries ........................................................................................................................ 30 Non-forage Fish ........................................................................................................ 30 Jellyfish ................................................................................................................. 30 Shellfish ................................................................................................................ 32 Benthic Structures ......................................................................................................... 37 Limitations .................................................................................................................... 39 CHAPTER V – CONCLUSIONS .....................................................................................43 Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 46 APPENDIX A – Supplemental Data Tables ......................................................................48 APPENDIX B – Supplemental Generalized Additive Model (GAM) Figures .................56 APPENDIX C – Supplemental Linear Regression Figures ...............................................67 WORKS CITED ................................................................................................................78 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://aquila.usm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1287&context=masters_theses |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
