Animal orientation strategies for movement in flows

JW Chapman, RHG Klaassen, VA Drake, S Fossette… - Current Biology, 2011 - cell.com
For organisms that fly or swim, movement results from the combined effects of the moving
medium—air or water—and the organism's own locomotion. For larger organisms …

Zooplankton diel vertical migration—a review of proximate control

JH Cohen, RB Forward Jr - Oceanography and marine biology, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Diel vertical migration (DVM) is a characteristic behavioural pattern performed by
zooplankton in which their vertical distribution changes over the 24-h day. Here the …

Extension of methods for jellyfish and ctenophore trophic ecology to large-scale research

JE Purcell - Hydrobiologia, 2009 - Springer
Science has rapidly expanded its frontiers with new technologies in the 20th Century.
Oceanography now is studied routinely by satellite. Predictive models are on global scales …

The biology and ecology of the ocean sunfish Mola mola: a review of current knowledge and future research perspectives

EC Pope, GC Hays, TM Thys, TK Doyle… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2010 - Springer
Relatively little is known about the biology and ecology of the world's largest (heaviest) bony
fish, the ocean sunfish Mola mola, despite its worldwide occurrence in temperate and …

High activity and Lévy searches: jellyfish can search the water column like fish

GC Hays, T Bastian, TK Doyle… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over-fishing may lead to a decrease in fish abundance and a proliferation of jellyfish. Active
movements and prey search might be thought to provide a competitive advantage for fish …

Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions

M Lebrato, KA Pitt, AK Sweetman, DOB Jones… - Hydrobiologia, 2012 - Springer
The biological pump describes the transport of particulate matter from the sea surface to the
ocean's interior including the seabed. The contribution by gelatinous zooplankton bodies as …

[HTML][HTML] Revision of the genus Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

AC Morandini, AC Marques - Zootaxa, 2010 - mapress.com
Revision of the scyphozoan genus Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810 was undertaken from
observations on museum material (Brazil, Europe, and USA), on living specimens in nature …

Identification of distinct movement patterns in Pacific leatherback turtle populations influenced by ocean conditions

H Bailey, SR Benson, GL Shillinger… - Ecological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions with fisheries are believed to be a major cause of mortality for adult leatherback
turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), which is of particular concern in the Pacific Ocean, where …

Spatio-temporal foraging patterns of a giant zooplanktivore, the leatherback turtle

S Fossette, VJ Hobson, C Girard, B Calmettes… - Journal of Marine …, 2010 - Elsevier
Understanding food web functioning through the study of natural bio-indicators may
constitute a valuable and original approach. In the context of jellyfish proliferation in many …

Cascading migrations and implications for vertical fluxes in pelagic ecosystems

SM Bollens, G Rollwagen-Bollens… - Journal of Plankton …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Diel vertical migration is widespread across diverse taxa in the world's lakes and seas, yet
its biogeochemical consequences are still poorly understood. The biologically mediated …