Rhythms and clocks in marine organisms

NS Häfker, G Andreatta, A Manzotti… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The regular movements of waves and tides are obvious representations of the oceans'
rhythmicity. But the rhythms of marine life span across ecological niches and timescales …

Climate change impacts on Antarctic krill behaviour and population dynamics

S Kawaguchi, A Atkinson, D Bahlburg… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Krill habitats in the Southern Ocean are impacted by changing climate conditions, reduced
sea ice and rising temperatures. These changes, in turn, affect krill occurrence, physiology …

The enormous repetitive Antarctic krill genome reveals environmental adaptations and population insights

C Shao, S Sun, K Liu, J Wang, S Li, Q Liu, BE Deagle… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is Earth's most abundant wild animal, and its enormous
biomass is vital to the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Here, we report a 48.01-Gb chromosome …

A thorough annotation of the krill transcriptome offers new insights for the study of physiological processes

I Urso, A Biscontin, D Corso, C Bertolucci… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The krill species Euphausia superba plays a critical role in the food chain of the Antarctic
ecosystem. Significant changes in climate conditions observed in the Antarctic Peninsula …

Transcriptomic response of intertidal brittle star Ophiothrix exigua to seasonal variation

MTI Fuad, W Shi, X Liao, Y Li, SM Sharifuzzaman… - Marine Genomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Adaptation to seasonal change is essential for survival, and is especially critical for
organisms living in physically harsh environments. Brittle stars (Ophiothrix), known as a …

Impacts of seasonality on gene expression in the Chinese horseshoe bat

W Chen, X Mao - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonality can cause changes in many environmental factors which potentially affects
gene expression. Here, we used a bat species (Rhinolophus sinicus) from eastern China as …

Gene expression patterns of Salpa thompsoni reveal remarkable differences in metabolism and reproduction near the Antarctic Polar Front

SJ Müller, EA Pakhomov, I Urso, G Sales… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Salpa thompsoni is an important grazer in the Southern Ocean and most abundant in the
Antarctic Polar Front (APF) region. During recent decades, their distribution expanded …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal and form-specific gene expression signatures uncover different generational strategies of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni during the Southern …

SJ Müller, K Michael, I Urso, G Sales… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni is recognized as a major metazoan grazer in the
Southern Ocean. Long term observations show an increase in this species' biomass and a …

Impact of the climate regime shift around 2000 on recruitment of Antarctic krill at the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia

T Ichii, H Igarashi, M Mori, K Mahapatra… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
We examined how the climate regime shift around 2000 affected Antarctic krill recruitment
variability at the North Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) and South Georgia (SG) during the period …