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 …

Pyrosomes are colonial tunicates that form gelatinous tubes and occasionally produce
bioluminescent swarms. The rapid “bloom‐bust” dynamics of pyrosomes have the potential …

The number of trophic steps within a plankton food web plays an important role in
determining the energy available to support higher-level consumers by affecting trophic …

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” …

Gelatinous filter feeders (eg, salps, doliolids, and pyrosomes) have high filtration rates and
can feed at predator: prey size ratios exceeding 10,000: 1, yet are seldom included in …

Ocean dynamics initiate the structure of nutrient income driving primary producers, and
these, in turn, shape the distribution of subsequent trophic levels until the whole pelagic …

Gelatinous zooplankton are increasingly recognized as key components of pelagic
ecosystems, and there have been many recent insights into their ecology and roles in food …

We investigated competition between Salpa thompsoni and protistan grazers during
Lagrangian experiments near the Subtropical Front in the southwest Pacific sector of the …

Doliolids are common gelatinous grazers in marine ecosystems around the world and likely
influence carbon cycling due to their large population sizes with high growth and excretion …

Gelatinous zooplankton play a crucial role in pelagic marine food webs, however, due to
methodological challenges and persistent misconceptions of their importance, the trophic …