Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 11 March 2021 doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0310.v1 Type of the Paper (Article) Unfolding jellyfish bloom dynamics along the Mediterranean basin by transnational citizen science initiatives Macarena Marambio 1, Antonio Canepa 2, Laura Lòpez 1, Aldo Adam Gauci 3, Sonia KM Gueroun 4, 5, Serena Zampardi 6, Ferdinando Boero 6, 7, Ons Kéfi-Daly Yahia 8, Mohamed Nejib Daly Yahia 9 *, Verónica Fuentes 1 *, Stefano Piraino10, 11 *, Alan Deidun 3 * 1 Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain;
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