Zooplankton and the ocean carbon cycle

DK Steinberg, MR Landry - Annual review of marine science, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Marine zooplankton comprise a phylogenetically and functionally diverse assemblage of
protistan and metazoan consumers that occupy multiple trophic levels in pelagic food webs …

Possible beneficial interactions of ciliated protozoans with coral health and resilience

C Ravindran, L Irudayarajan… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial interactions contribute significantly to coral health in the marine environment. Most
beneficial associations have been described with their bacterial communities, but …

Phytoplankton exudates and lysates support distinct microbial consortia with specialized metabolic and ecophysiological traits

B Kieft, Z Li, S Bryson, RL Hettich… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Blooms of marine phytoplankton fix complex pools of dissolved organic matter (DOM) that
are thought to be partitioned among hundreds of heterotrophic microbes at the base of the …

The Humboldt current system of northern and central Chile

M Thiel, JC Castilla, M Fernández, S Navarrete - 2007 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Abstract The Humboldt Current System (HCS) is one of the most productive marine
ecosystems on earth. It extends along the west coast of South America from southern Chile …

Planktonic food web structure and trophic transfer efficiency along a productivity gradient in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean

L Armengol, A Calbet, G Franchy… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Oligotrophic and productive areas of the ocean differ in plankton community composition
and biomass transfer efficiency. Here, we describe the plankton community along a …

The Humboldt Current System: Ecosystem components and processes, fisheries, and sediment studies

V Montecino, CB Lange - Progress in Oceanography, 2009 - Elsevier
In the Humboldt Current System (HCS), biological and non-biological components,
ecosystem processes, and fisheries are known to be affected by multi-decadal, inter-annual …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen modulates bacterial community composition in the coastal upwelling waters off central Chile

M Aldunate, R De la Iglesia, AD Bertagnolli… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bacterial community composition and its relationship to oxygen were investigated in the non-
sulfidic shelf waters exposed to seasonal upwelling and oxygen deficiency off central Chile …

Development of a Buoy-Borne Underwater Imaging System for In Situ Mesoplankton Monitoring of Coastal Waters

J Li, T Chen, Z Yang, L Chen, P Liu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article reports the development of an underwater imaging system and its trial on a
moored surface buoy for in situ plankton monitoring of coastal waters. The imager features …

Productivity and sustainable management of the Humboldt current large marine ecosystem under climate change

D Gutiérrez, M Akester, L Naranjo - Environmental Development, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem (HCLME) covers 95% of the
southeast Pacific seaboard of which the area of influence from the Humboldt Current and …

Ciliate and bacterial communities associated with White Syndrome and Brown Band Disease in reef‐building corals

M Sweet, J Bythell - Environmental microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Summary White Syndrome (WS) and Brown Band Disease (BrB) are important causes of
reef coral mortality for which causal agents have not been definitively identified. Here we …