[HTML][HTML] The key role of zooplankton in ecosystem services: A perspective of interaction between zooplankton and fish recruitment

S Lomartire, JC Marques, AMM Gonçalves - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine biota is a great source of ecosystem services. Recently, the involvement of marine
organisms in biotechnological applications has been discovered and become useful for the …

Bioindicators for monitoring marine litter ingestion and its impacts on Mediterranean biodiversity

MC Fossi, C Pedà, M Compa, C Tsangaris… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been described as one of the most affected areas by
marine litter in the world. Although effects on organisms from marine plastic litter ingestion …

Climate-driven zooplankton shifts cause large-scale declines in food quality for fish

RF Heneghan, JD Everett, JL Blanchard… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Zooplankton are the primary energy pathway from phytoplankton to fish. Yet, there is limited
understanding about how climate change will modify zooplankton communities and the …

Mediterranean sea turtles: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research

P Casale, AC Broderick, JA Camiñas… - Endangered species …, 2018 - int-res.com
The available information regarding the 2 sea turtle species breeding in the Mediterranean
(loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta and green turtle Chelonia mydas) is reviewed, including …

A paradigm shift in the trophic importance of jellyfish?

GC Hays, TK Doyle, JDR Houghton - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2018 - cell.com
The past 30 years have seen several paradigm shifts in our understanding of how ocean
ecosystems function. Now recent technological advances add to an overwhelming body of …

Rethinking the role of salps in the ocean

N Henschke, JD Everett, AJ Richardson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
Salps are barrel-shaped, gelatinous zooplankton that regularly form large swarms. They
have historically been ignored because they are difficult to sample and their gelatinous body …

Chemicals sorbed to environmental microplastics are toxic to early life stages of aquatic organisms

B Cormier, C Gambardella, T Tato, Q Perdriat… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems, but little information is currently
available on the dangers and risks to living organisms. In order to assess the ecotoxicity of …

To fit or not to fit: evaluating stable isotope mixing models using simulated mixing polygons

JA Smith, D Mazumder, IM Suthers… - Methods in Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis is often used to identify the relative contributions of various food
resources to a consumer's diet. Some Bayesian isotopic mixing models now incorporate …

The trophodynamics of marine top predators: current knowledge, recent advances and challenges

JW Young, BPV Hunt, TR Cook, JK Llopiz… - Deep Sea Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
We review present understanding of the spatial and temporal diet variability
(trophodynamics) of a range of pelagic marine top predators, at both early and adult life …

Tissue Turnover Rates and Isotopic Trophic Discrimination Factors in the Endothermic Teleost, Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

DJ Madigan, SY Litvin, BN Popp, AB Carlisle… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) of highly migratory marine pelagic animals can improve
understanding of their migratory patterns and trophic ecology. However, accurate …