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 …

Understanding the energy flux through food webs is important for estimating the capacity of
marine ecosystems to support stocks of living resources. The energy density of species …

Gelatinous zooplankton are a large component of the animal biomass in all marine
environments, but are considered to be uncommon in the diet of most marine top predators …

Jellyfish and other pelagic gelatinous organisms (“gelata”) are increasingly perceived as an
important component of marine food webs but remain poorly understood. Their importance …

The monitoring of plastic pollution through marine biota is a difficult task, which is receiving
increasing attention nowadays. A selection of appropriate bioindicator species for plastic …

Gelatinous zooplankton can be present in high biomass and taxonomic diversity in
planktonic oceanic food webs, yet the trophic structuring and importance of this “jelly web” …

How predators find, select and capture prey is central to understanding trophic cascades
and ecosystem structure. But despite advances in biologging technology, obtaining in situ …

Marine piscivores have evolved a variety of morphological and behavioural adaptations,
including group foraging, to optimize foraging efficiency when targeting shoaling fish. For …

Apex predators play pivotal roles in marine ecosystems, mediated principally through diet
and nutrition. Yet, compared with terrestrial animals, the nutritional ecology of marine …

The study of jellyfish blooms has gained attention in the recent decades because of the
importance of forecasting and anticipating them and avoiding their interference with human …