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 …

Claims that anthropogenic stressors facilitate jellyfish blooms have been amplified beyond the available evidence: a systematic review

KA Pitt, CH Lucas, RH Condon, CM Duarte… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The perception that anthropogenic stressors cause jellyfish blooms is widespread within the
scientific literature and media but robust evidence in support of these claims appears scarce …

Gelatinous zooplankton‐mediated carbon flows in the global oceans: a data‐driven modeling study

JY Luo, RH Condon, CA Stock… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Among marine organisms, gelatinous zooplankton (GZ; cnidarians, ctenophores, and
pelagic tunicates) are unique in their energetic efficiency, as the gelatinous body plan allows …

Massive consumption of gelatinous plankton by Mediterranean apex predators

L Cardona, I Álvarez de Quevedo, A Borrell, A Aguilar - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen were used to test the hypothesis that stomach
content analysis has systematically overlooked the consumption of gelatinous zooplankton …

[HTML][HTML] Role of jellyfish in the plankton ecosystem revealed using a global ocean biogeochemical model

RM Wright, C Le Quéré, E Buitenhuis, S Pitois… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Jellyfish are increasingly recognised as important components of the marine ecosystem, yet
their specific role is poorly defined compared to that of other zooplankton groups. This paper …

Gelatinous zooplankton biomass in the global oceans: geographic variation and environmental drivers

CH Lucas, DOB Jones, CJ Hollyhead… - Global Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Scientific debate regarding the future trends, and subsequent ecological,
biogeochemical and societal impacts, of gelatinous zooplankton (GZ) in a changing ocean is …

[HTML][HTML] Current-oriented swimming by jellyfish and its role in bloom maintenance

S Fossette, AC Gleiss, J Chalumeau, T Bastian… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Cross-flows (winds or currents) affect animal movements [1–3]. Animals can temporarily be
carried off course or permanently carried away from their preferred habitat by drift depending …

Jellyfish detritus supports niche partitioning and metabolic interactions among pelagic marine bacteria

T Tinta, Z Zhao, B Bayer, GJ Herndl - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Jellyfish blooms represent a significant but largely overlooked source of labile
organic matter (jelly-OM) in the ocean, characterized by a high protein content. Decaying …

Leatherback turtle movements, dive behavior, and habitat characteristics in ecoregions of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

KL Dodge, B Galuardi, TJ Miller, ME Lutcavage - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are highly migratory predators that feed
exclusively on gelatinous zooplankton, thus playing a unique role in coastal and pelagic …

[LIBRO][B] The biology of sea turtles

J Wyneken, KJ Lohmann, JA Musick - 2013 - books.google.com
Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …