Ecosystems are controlled by 'bottom-up'(resources) and 'top-down'(predation) forces. Viral
infection is now recognized as a ubiquitous top-down control of microbial growth across …

Larvaceans are gelatinous zooplankton abundant throughout the ocean. Larvaceans have
been overlooked in research because they are difficult to collect and are perceived as being …

Mucous-mesh grazers (pelagic tunicates and thecosome pteropods) are common in oceanic
waters and efficiently capture, consume and repackage particles many orders of magnitude …

Marine microorganisms comprise a large fraction of ocean carbon and are central players in
global biogeochemical cycling. Significant gaps remain, however, in our understanding of …

Suspension feeders (SFs) evolved a high diversity of mechanisms, sometimes with
remarkably convergent morphologies, to retain plankton, detritus and man-made particles …

The term 'biodiversity,'while casually used in practice, is a complicated subject to measure,
interpret, contextualize, and compare. Yet the possible advent of deep-sea mining in the mid …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in the ocean and show great diversity in
terms of size, host specificity, and infection cycle. Lytic viruses induce host cell lysis to …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in marine environments, however, despite
its potential ecological implications, little is known about virus removal by ambient non-host …

Does the quality of research design have an influence on study outcomes in crime and
justice? This was the subject of an important study by Weisburd et al.(2001). They found a …

Planktonic organisms feed while suspended in water using various hydrodynamic pumping
strategies. Appendicularians are a unique group of plankton that use their tail to pump water …