Effects of microalgal exudates and intact cells on subtropical marine zooplankton 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) affect coastal waters worldwide and very often lead to the disruption of seafood harvesting and commercial activities, because of potential hazards to human health associat...

Effects of temperature, food type and food concentration on the grazing of the calanoid copepod Centropages chierchiae 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

Laboratory experiments were conducted to study the combined effect of temperature (8, 13, 19 and 24°C), food type and food concentration on the grazing rates of the adult stages of the calanoid copepo...

Ice-related seasonality in zooplankton community composition in a high Arctic fjord 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

Seasonal mesozooplankton community composition was studied monthly from March to October 2007 in the high Arctic, Rijpfjorden (Svalbard), and related to abiotic (hydrography, sea ice) and biotic (ice ...

Reproduction and population structure of the salp Iasis zonaria (Pallas, 1774) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (34{degrees}30' to 39{degrees}30'S) ... 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

The salp Iasis zonaria is often found over the Argentine continental shelf of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and, occasionally, its high densities dominate over other groups of zooplankton. Therefore...

Diel vertical migration behaviour in Euphausiids of the northern Benguela current: seasonal adaptations to food availability and strong gradients of t... 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

In the highly productive northern Benguela upwelling system, euphausiids can dominate the mesozooplankton community and may contribute substantially to the vertical flux of organic carbon. The diurnal...

Seasonality of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

Predation by the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (hereafter Mnemiopsis) significantly influences marine zooplankton communities in its native and introduced ranges. Although knowledge of detailed ...

Spatial variability in trophic offset and food sources of Hemimysis anomala in lentic and lotic ecosystems within the Great Lakes basin 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

Invasive species are a known stressor on aquatic ecosystems, particularly in the waters of the Great Lakes basin. A recent invader, Hemimysis anomala, has had significant impacts on food webs in Europ...

Ecology and community structure of ciliated protists in two alkaline-saline Rift Valley lakes in Kenya with special emphasis on Frontonia 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

Ciliated protist assemblages of the shallow soda lakes Bogoria and Nakuru in Kenya were studied weekly during the short rainy season in October and November 2008 to identify their taxonomic compositio...

The influence of vertical mixing on the photoinhibition of variable chlorophyll-a fluorescence and its inclusion in a model of phytoplankton photosynt... 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm

Oxygen consumption of fecal pellets of doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea) and planktonic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) 26 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm