Characteristics, dynamics and significance of marine snow

AL Alldredge, MW Silver - Progress in oceanography, 1988 - Elsevier
Macroscopic aggregates of detritus, living organisms and inorganic matter known as marine
snow, have significance in the ocean both as unique, partially isolated microenvironments …

A physical context for gelatinous zooplankton aggregations: a review

WM Graham, F Pagès, WM Hamner - … on Jellyfish Blooms, held in Gulf …, 2001 - Springer
The magnitude and extent of jellyfish blooms are influenced not only by the biology and
behavior of the animal, but also by the geographic setting and physical environment …

[BUCH][B] Marine ecological processes

I Valiela, I Valiela - 1995 - Springer
It would not have been possible for me to write the three editions of this book without a
double dose of extraordinary fortune: to have been part of the Woods Hole scientific …

Tracing trace elements from sediment input to volcanic output at subduction zones

T Plank, CH Langmuir - Nature, 1993 - nature.com
AT ocean trenches, sea-floor sediments may either be scraped off the subducting plate, or
accompany it into the mantle. Some of the subducted sediment may then be recycled to the …

Role of large particles in the transport of elements and organic compounds through the oceanic water column

SW Fowler, GA Knauer - Progress in oceanography, 1986 - Elsevier
During the past decade data from a variety of sources have been obtained which show
conclusively that the relatively rare, large particles sinking through the water column are …

Patterns and processes in the time-space scales of plankton distributions

LR Haury, JA McGowan, PH Wiebe - Spatial pattern in plankton …, 1978 - Springer
It is evident that organisms have aggregated, patchy distributions of abundance on a wide
variety of space and time scales. This can easily be seen in the terrestrial and littoral …

Questioning the rise of gelatinous zooplankton in the world's oceans

RH Condon, WM Graham, CM Duarte, KA Pitt… - Bioscience, 2012 - academic.oup.com
During the past several decades, high numbers of gelatinous zooplankton species have
been reported in many estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Coupled with media-driven public …

Gelatinous plankton: irregularities rule the world (sometimes)

F Boero, J Bouillon, C Gravili, MP Miglietta… - … ecology progress series, 2008 - int-res.com
In spite of being one of the most relevant components of the biosphere, the plankton-
benthos network is still poorly studied as such. This is partly due to the irregular occurrence …

[BUCH][B] Animal groups in three dimensions: how species aggregate

JK Parrish, W Hamner, WM Hamner - 1997 - books.google.com
Schools of fish, flocks of birds, and swarms of insects are examples of three-dimensional
aggregation. Covering both invertebrate and vertebrate species, the authors investigate this …

Marine snow studies in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: distribution, composition and role as a food source for migrating plankton

RS Lampitt, KF Wishner, CM Turley, MV Angel - Marine Biology, 1993 - Springer
During a 25 d Lagrangian study in May and June 1990 in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean,
marine snow aggregates were collected using a novel water bottle, and the composition was …