High-latitude pelagic marine ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of the
intertwining of sea/continental ice dynamics, physics, biogeochemistry, and food-web …

The export of carbon from the ocean surface and storage in the ocean interior is important in
the modulation of global climate,,–. The West Antarctic Peninsula experiences some of the …

The feeding upon large animals—even larger than the predator—by benthic cnidarians has
been reported from many ecosystems but never exhaustively studied to date. By reviewing …

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 …

Microbial community dynamics on sinking particles control the amount of carbon that
reaches the deep ocean and the length of time that carbon is stored, with potentially …

Photosynthesis in the surface ocean and subsequent export of a fraction of this fixed carbon
leads to carbon dioxide sequestration in the deep ocean. Ecological relationships among …

Abstract Gelatinous zooplankton (GZP), ie, ctenophores, cnidarian medusae, chaetognaths,
appendicularians and salps, are considered climate change winners. This becomes …

The passive sinking flux of particles, termed the biological gravitational pump (BGP), is an
important component of the ocean's biological carbon pump. In addition, carbon-rich …

The mechanism of mortality plays a large role in how microorganisms in the open ocean
contribute to global energy and nutrient cycling. Salps are ubiquitous pelagic tunicates that …

Salp grazing is important in sha** planktonic food-web structure. However, little is known
about the size ranges of their prey in the field or how grazing impacts size structure. This …