Migratory species are widespread in terrestrial, aquatic and aerial environments, and are
important both ecologically and economically. Since migration is an adaptive response to …

Diapause is a type of dormancy that requires preparation, typically precedes the onset of
unfavorable conditions, and necessitates a period of arrest before development can …

Mesopelagic mesozooplankton communities of an oligotrophic (Hawaii Ocean Time series-
HOT station ALOHA) and a mesotrophic (Japanese time-series station K2) environment in …

We investigated how fecal pellet characteristics change with depth in order to quantify the
extent of particle repackaging by mesopelagic zooplankton in two contrasting open-ocean …

Microorganisms and zooplankton are both important components of aquatic food webs.
Although both inhabit the same environment, they are often regarded as separate functional …

Bacteria and metazoan zooplankton (mainly crustaceans) are often viewed as 2 separate
functional groups in the pelagic food webs indirectly linked via nutrient cycling and trophic …

The western subarctic gyre (WSG) and the eastern Alaska Grye (AG) on each side of the
subarctic North Pacific, have many similarities. In both gyres, macronutrients are generally …

Concern about climate change has re-ignited interest in universal ecological responses to
temperature variations:(1) biogeographical shifts,(2) phenology changes, and (3) size shifts …

Global environmental change (including climate change, biodiversity loss, changes in
hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and intensive exploitation of natural resources) is …

The cross-shelf distribution of major zooplankton species was examined on the northern
Gulf of Alaska (GOA) shelf during the production season for four years, between October …