水母暴发研究所面临的挑战

在过去的10多年中,全球海洋中的水母数量都有所增加,在一些局部区域出现了水母种群暴发的现象,主要是在近海、特别是一些重要的渔场和高生产力区。水母暴发已经形成重要的生态灾害,对沿海工业、海洋渔业和滨海旅游业等造成严重危害。水母暴发的原因、生态危害、如何应对等是一个世界性难题,引起全球沿海国家的重视,也是国际海洋生态系统研究领域的焦点问题之一。由于水母特殊的生物学和生态学特性,水母暴发的研究面临众多的困难和挑战。水母的暴发与全球气候变化、海洋渔业活动、富营养化、海岸带工程等密切相关,水母暴发现象是海洋生态系统演变的一种具体体现,通过对水母暴发机理的研究,将会加深对在全球变化和人类活动共同作用下海洋生态系统演变机理和变化趋势的了解。

Challenges in the Jellyfish Bloom Research

In the last 10 years,jellyfish bloom occurred in the ocean globally,especially in the coastal waters.Jellyfish bloom is one of the main ecological disasters in the ocean;it affects the coastal industries,fishery and tourism.It is one of the worldwide issues to understand the causes,mechanism and consequences of the jellyfish bloom.The big challenges for the jellyfish bloom research include jellyfish bloom observation,absence of the long term data,complexity of the life cycle for many of the jellyfish.The jellyfish bloom is an indicator of the marine ecosystem change;it is one of the ecosystem responses to the global climate change and the human activities.