The past 30 years have seen several paradigm shifts in our understanding of how ocean
ecosystems function. Now recent technological advances add to an overwhelming body of …

The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, supports a valuable commercial fishery in the Southwest
Atlantic, which holds the highest krill densities and is warming rapidly. The krill catch is …

Food web linkages, or the feeding relationships between species inhabiting a shared
ecosystem, are an ecological lens through which ecosystem structure and function can be …

Ecosystem dynamics at the northwest Antarctic Peninsula are driven by interactions
between physical and biological processes. For example, baleen whale populations are …

Penguins face a wide range of threats. Most observed population changes have been
negative and have happened over the last 60 years. Today, populations of 11 penguin …

Understanding the energy flux through food webs is important for estimating the capacity of
marine ecosystems to support stocks of living resources. The energy density of species …

Abstract Gelatinous zooplankton (Cnidaria, Ctenophora, and Urochordata, namely,
Thaliacea) are ubiquitous members of plankton communities linking primary production to …

The monitoring of plastic pollution through marine biota is a difficult task, which is receiving
increasing attention nowadays. A selection of appropriate bioindicator species for plastic …

The study of jellyfish blooms has gained attention in the recent decades because of the
importance of forecasting and anticipating them and avoiding their interference with human …