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Microplastics in the menu of Mediterranean zooplankton: Insights from the feeding response of the calanoid copepod Centropages typicus

Marine Ecology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Microplastic input into the ocean represents an increasing threat to marine biota and may endanger the functioning of marine ecosystems, especially in semi‐enclosed basins, such as the Mediterranean Sea. The size spectrum of microplastics overlaps with that of nano‐microplankton (2–200 μm), thus potentially misleading suspension‐feeding ...
Claudia Traboni, Diana Sarno, Maurizio Ribera d'Alcalà, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi   +3 more
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The planktonic food web in the Gulf of Naples based on the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios

Marine Ecology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Plankton play a key role in marine food webs by producing and transferring organic matter and energy to higher trophic levels. To define the trophic structure and interactions within the planktonic communities in the Gulf of Naples, we determined carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in particulate organic matter (POM, <20 μm ...
Louise Merquiol, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, Isabella D'Ambra   +2 more
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Distinctive Nuclear Features of Dinoflagellates with A Particular Focus on Histone and Histone-Replacement Proteins

Microorganisms, 2018
Dinoflagellates are important eukaryotic microorganisms that play critical roles as producers and grazers, and cause harmful algal blooms. The unusual nuclei of dinoflagellates “dinokaryon„ have led researchers to investigate their enigmatic ...
Sadaf Riaz, Zhenghong Sui, Zeeshan Niaz, Sohrab Khan, Yuan Liu, Haoxin Liu   +5 more
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Current Knowledge and Recent Advances in Marine Dinoflagellate Transcriptomic Research

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2018
Dinoflagellates are essential components in marine ecosystems, and they possess two dissimilar flagella to facilitate movement. Dinoflagellates are major components of marine food webs and of extreme importance in balancing the ecosystem energy flux in ...
Muhamad Afiq Akbar, Asmat Ahmad, Gires Usup, Hamidun Bunawan   +3 more
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Transcription and Maturation of mRNA in Dinoflagellates

Microorganisms, 2013
Dinoflagellates are of great importance to the marine ecosystem, yet scant details of how gene expression is regulated at the transcriptional level are available.
David Morse, Sougata Roy
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Seasonal and Long-Term Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Middle Caspian According to Satellite Data and In Situ Observations in the First Decades of the 21st Century

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Seasonal and long-term variability of phytoplankton in the Middle Caspian was studied based on remote sensing data of the sea by SeaWiFS and MODIS-Aqua scanners in 1998–2021 and the results of field observations in 2004–2021.
Sergey V. Vostokov, Larisa A. Pautova, Inna V. Sahling, Anastasia S. Vostokova, Alimurad A. Gadzhiev, Guy Petherbridge, Evgeny N. Lobachev, Behrooz Abtahi, Mehdi Ghodrati Shojaei   +8 more
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The Gulf of Naples as a model system for plankton ecology studies

, 2023
Marine Ecology, EarlyView.
Adriana Zingone, Domenico D'Alelio, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi   +2 more
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The Application of an Artificial Neural Network to Quantify Anthropogenic and Climatic Drivers in Coastal Phytoplankton Shift

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The overlapping effect of anthropogenic activities and climate change are major drivers for a shift in coastal marine phytoplankton biomass. Linear regression analyses are not sufficient to detect the nonlinear relationship between complex environmental ...
Zineng Yuan, John K. Keesing, Dongyan Liu   +2 more
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An autumn biodiversity survey on heterotrophic and mixotrophic protists along a coast-to-offshore transect in the Gulf of Naples (Italy)

Advances in Oceanography and Limnology, 2021
Plankton communities include both unicellular and multicellular organisms. An important unicellular component is represented by those protists (i.e., unicellular eukaryotes) that consume bacteria, other protists, and even small animals.
Gabriele Del Gaizo, Luca Russo, Maria Abagnale, Angela Buondonno, Marta Furia, Simona Saviano, Mauro Vargiu, Fabio Conversano, Francesca Margiotta, Maria Saggiomo, Isabella Percopo, Domenico D'Alelio   +11 more
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High sequence variability, diverse subcellular localizations, and ecological implications of alkaline phosphatase in dinoflagellates and other eukaryotic phytoplankton

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012
Alkaline phosphatase (AP) is a key enzyme for phytoplankton to utilize dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) when dissolved inorganic phosphorus is limited.
Xin eLin, Huan eZhang, Yudong eCui, Senjie eLin, Senjie eLin   +4 more
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