The cnidaria : only a problem or also a resource? / Gian Luigi Mariottini, Nurcin Killi, Liang Xiao (editor).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mariottini, Gian Luigi, editor.

Killi, Nurçin, editor.

Xiao, Liang (Professor of military medicine), editor.

Series:

Marine and Freshwater Biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cnidaria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

"Cnidarians are elegant and dazzling aquatic organisms, but despite their beauty they are known to be a threat in many coastal areas around the world. Several species of cnidaria living in tropical or sub-tropical areas are remarkably dangerous, but many Mediterranean species can also cause serious health as increasingly dangerous due to recurrent jellyfish outbreaks which constitute a threat both for human health and economy and for the environmental equilibrium. In addition, the occurrence of alien species, whose spread is facilitated by human activities, environmental changes, global warming, or man-made modifications of the natural features of territories, pose new and serious challenges to environmental management. For all these reasons, cnidarians can be viewed as a problem. Nevertheless, cnidarians are also viewed with particular interest due to their potential in the field of natural products. Scientists have realized the potential of natural resources hidden in aquatic environments for the development of new drugs or bioactive substances with wide potential use. At present, an enormous scientific literature is available about the value of cnidarian products as potential therapeutic agents, in human nutrition, or for other applications. As such, these organisms can also be reasonably considered a resource. Taking into consideration these two main aspects, this book aims to collect the experiences and recent research data on cnidarians and review present knowledge on the subject"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Molecular identification of cnidarians in Maltese waters, Central Mediterranean / Adriana Vella, Ian Falzon and Noel Vella

The metamorphosis and regeneration processes of jellyfish / Xiaoya Li, Yushi Ma, Songyu Gao, Xintong Chen, Yina Zhu, Haiyan Zhang, Jishun Yang and Xuejun Sun

Alienage and invasiveness : how we will know for jellyfish? / Nurçin Killi, Lucas Brotz, Gian Luigi Mariottini, Marina Pozzolini, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Ruiwei Ye and Liang Xiao

Protecting the public from hazardous jellyfish : a wicked problem for regulators and operators? / Lynda Crowley-Cyr, and Lisa-ann Gershwin

Forecasting hazardous jellyfish : shifting perceptions from black swans to white / Lisa-ann Gershwin, and Lynda Crowley-Cyr

The toxinology of jellyfishes; a systematic review / Negar Taheri, G. Hossein Mohebbi, Amir Vaziri and Iraj Nabipour

Clinical manifestations and managements in jellyfish envenomation; a systematic review / Negar Taheri, G. Hossein Mohebbi, Amir Vaziri and Iraj Nabipour

Potential usefulness of plant extracts to counteract cnidarian venoms / Bruno Burlando, Laura Cornara, I. Darren Grice, Fernando LazcanoPérez, Gian Luigi Mariottini, Judith Sanchez-Rodriguez

Mediterranean blooms of jellyfish and comb jellies : problems vs opportunities / Cinzia Gravili

Jellies from the Southeast Asian seas : pains and gains / Akriti Rastogi and Dibakar Chakrabarty

Jellyfish fisheries in India : status and trends / Abdul Riyas and Appukkuttannair Biju Kumar

Deep-sea jellyfish collected from deep-sea litter / Haruka Shibata, Hiroshi Miyake, Ai Karasawa

Bacteria associated with jellyfish in the marine environment and their potential biotechnological application / Weibing Dong and Dejing Shang

Cnidarian actinoporins as a targeted therapy to combat cancer / Lok Wenn Loo, Wei Yuen Yap and Jung Shan Hwang

Beauty from the deep - cnidarians in cosmetics / Steven A. Trim, Franziska Wandrey and Carol M. Trim

Powerful proteins from polyp possessing predators / Phillip J. Robinson, Steven A. Trim and Carol M. Trim

Jellyfish-an effective traditional Chinese medicine / Fengling Yang, Chenxi Wan, Songyu Gao, Ruiwei Ye, Zhaoyun Peng, Tingfang Wang, Wei Wang, Jing Zhang

Jellyfish and human food - rhopilema esculentum / Songyu Gao, Ying Yang, Xiang Gao, Yongfang Wang, Jie Wang, Zheng Xu, Qing Liu, Ruirong Hao.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-9794-7

OCLC:

1273973769