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 …

Jellyfish blooms can represent a significant but largely overlooked source of organic matter
(OM), in particular at the local and regional scale. We provide an overview of the current …

Due to their boom and bust population dynamics and the enormous biomasses they can
attain, jellyfish and ctenophores can have a large influence on the cycling of carbon (C) …

Representatives of gelatinous zooplankton are increasingly reported in large numbers, with
more than 1000 species worldwide, including Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea, often …

Bacteria and metazoan zooplankton (mainly crustaceans) are often viewed as 2 separate
functional groups in the pelagic food webs indirectly linked via nutrient cycling and trophic …

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

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 …

A stable phylogenetic hypothesis for families within jellyfish class Scyphozoa has been
elusive. Reasons for the lack of resolution of scyphozoan familial relationships include a …

Thousands of moribund thaliacean carcasses (Pyrosoma atlanticum) were deposited
between February and March 2006 at the seafloor in the Ivory Coast area (West Africa) …

Jellyfish are a prominent component of the plankton community. They frequently form
conspicuous blooms which may interfere with different human enterprises. Among the …