Search Results - "MADIN, Laurence P"
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Filtration of submicrometer particles by pelagic tunicates
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-08-2010)“…Salps are common in oceanic waters and have higher per-individual filtration rates than any other zooplankton filter feeder. Although salps are centimeters in…”
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Recurrent jellyfish blooms are a consequence of global oscillations
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-01-2013)“…A perceived recent increase in global jellyfish abundance has been portrayed as a symptom of degraded oceans. This perception is based primarily on a few case…”
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Questioning the Rise of Gelatinous Zooplankton in the World's Oceans
Published in Bioscience (01-02-2012)“…During the past several decades, high numbers of gelatinous Zooplankton species have been reported in many estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Coupled with…”
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Temporal variability of zooplankton biomass from ADCP backscatter time series data at the Bermuda Testbed Mooring site
Published in Deep-sea research. Part I, Oceanographic research papers (01-04-2007)“…Temporal variability of acoustically estimated zooplankton biomass at the Bermuda Testbed Mooring (BTM) site in the Sargasso Sea (at 31°43′N, 64°10′W) is…”
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Zooplankton vertical migration and the active transport of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon in the Sargasso Sea
Published in Deep-sea research. Part I, Oceanographic research papers (2000)“…The least known component of the “biological pump” is the active transport of carbon and nutrients by diel vertical migration of zooplankton. We measured CO 2…”
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Land and deep-sea mining: the challenges of comparing biodiversity impacts
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-03-2023)“…The term ‘biodiversity,’ while casually used in practice, is a complicated subject to measure, interpret, contextualize, and compare. Yet the possible advent…”
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Defecation by Salpa thompsoni and its contribution to vertical flux in the Southern Ocean
Published in Marine biology (01-02-2009)“…Measurements of the defecation rate of Salpa thompsoni were made at several stations during two cruises west of the Antarctic Peninsula in 2004 and 2006. Rates…”
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Linking human well-being and jellyfish: ecosystem services, impacts, and societal responses
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-11-2014)“…Jellyfish are usually perceived as harmful to humans and are seen as "pests". This negative perception has hindered knowledge regarding their value in terms of…”
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Predation by Omnivorous Copepods on Early Developmental Stages of Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus spp
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-06-2001)“…Predation is thought to be an important source of mortality in the early life stages of fish and copepods on Georges Bank. Omnivorous copepods may be predators…”
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Comparative jet wake structure and swimming performance of salps
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-09-2010)“…Salps are barrel-shaped marine invertebrates that swim by jet propulsion. Morphological variations among species and life-cycle stages are accompanied by…”
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Siphonophores eat fish larger than their stomachs
Published in Deep-sea research. Part II, Topical studies in oceanography (01-12-2010)“…We report a collection of the siphonophore Halistemma cupulifera, collected at 20 meters depth during a night SCUBA dive in the Sargasso Sea. One of its…”
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William (Bill) M. Hamner (1939–2024)
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A molecular phylogeny of the Thaliacea
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-06-2011)“…Thaliaceans are gelatinous holoplanktonic tunicates comprised of around 72 described species in three orders: the Pyrosomatida (pyrosomes), Salpida (salps) and…”
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comparison of filtration rates among pelagic tunicates using kinematic measurements
Published in Marine biology (01-04-2010)“…Salps have higher filtration rates than most other holoplankton, and are capable of packaging and exporting primary production from surface waters. A method of…”
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Deep-Sea, Swimming Worms with Luminescent "Bombs"
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21-08-2009)“…By using remotely operated vehicles, we found seven previously unknown species of swimming annelid worms below 1800 meters. Specimens were large and bore a…”
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The remarkable squidworm is an example of discoveries that await in deep-pelagic habitats
Published in Biology letters (2005) (23-06-2011)“…An intriguing new annelid, Teuthidodrilus samae (Annelida, Cirratuliformia) gen. and sp. nov., was observed and collected during deep-water column exploration…”
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Distribution, abundance and benthic-pelagic coupling of suspended hydroids on Georges Bank
Published in Deep-sea research. Part II, Topical studies in oceanography (2001)“…Clytia spp. hydroids (Phylum Cnidaria), typically attached to a substrate during their asexual, polyp stage, have been found in significant numbers within the…”
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Feeding behavior of the ctenophore Thalassocalyce inconstans: revision of anatomy of the order Thalassocalycida
Published in Marine biology (01-04-2009)“…Behavioral observations using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Gulf of California in March, 2003, provided insights into the vertical distribution,…”
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Zooplankton feeding ecology: clearance and ingestion rates of the salps Thalia democratica, Cyclosalpa affinis and Salpa cylindrica on naturally occurring particles in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-07-2004)“…Aggregate stages of the salps Thalia democratica, Cyclosalpa affinis and Salpa cylindrica collected by SCUBA diving in the Mid-Atlantic Bight were fed with…”
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Zooplankton at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) station: diel, seasonal and interannual variation in biomass, 1994–1998
Published in Deep-sea research. Part II, Topical studies in oceanography (2001)“…Monthly zooplankton sampling was conducted at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from April 1994 through December 1998. Mesozooplankton were…”
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