Hydrographic processes driven by seasonal monsoon system affect siphonophore assemblages in tropical-subtropical waters (western North Pacific Ocean). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 This work is a part of the Taiwan Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigation, the first large scale hydrographic and plankton survey around Taiwan (21-26°N, 119-123°E).
Wen-Tseng Lo +2 more
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Medusan Morphospace: Phylogenetic Constraints, Biomechanical Solutions, and Ecological Consequences [PDF]
, 2008 Medusae were the earliest animals to evolve muscle-powered swimming in the seas. Although medusae have achieved diverse and prominent ecological roles throughout the world\u27s oceans, we argue that the primitive organization of cnidarian muscle tissue ...
Ahlborn +114 more
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Questioning the rise of gelatinous zooplankton in the World's oceans [PDF]
, 2012 During the past several decades, high numbers of gelatinous zooplankton species have been reported in many estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Coupled with media-driven public perception, a paradigm has evolved in which the global ocean ecosystems are ...
Acuña +81 more
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Siphonophores from surface waters of the Colombian Pacific Ocean [PDF]
, 2018 Siphonophores are colonial hydrozoans that feed on zooplankton including fish larvae, and occur throughout the world’s oceans from surface waters to ocean depths.
Ahlstrom +35 more
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El plancton del Atlántico suroeste: dinamica y ecología
Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 1980 Plankton was collected in Nov.-Dec. 1972, during the Cato-6 Expedition (R/VMelville). Distribution of Siphonophores and Medusae and ecological implications pointed out by these organisms are discussea.
Angeles Alvariño
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Propulsive design principles in a multi-jet siphonophore [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 AbstractCoordination of multiple propulsors can provide performance benefits in swimming organisms. Siphonophores are marine colonial organisms that orchestrate the motion of multiple swimming zooids for effective swimming. However, the kinematics at the level of individual swimming zooids (nectophores) have not been examined in detail.
Kelly R. Sutherland +3 more
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Gelatinous Zooplankton in the Surface Layers of the Coastal Central Red Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Characterizations of gelatinous zooplankton communities are necessary for an improved understanding of the ecological and temporal dynamics of such communities and their composing taxa. Yet, studies on gelatinous zooplankton communities are scarce in the
Jordi Sola +4 more
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Maneuvering Performance in the Colonial Siphonophore, Nanomia bijuga [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2019 The colonial cnidarian, Nanomia bijuga, is highly proficient at moving in three-dimensional space through forward swimming, reverse swimming and turning. We used high speed videography, particle tracking, and particle image velocimetry (PIV) with frame rates up to 6400 s−1 to study the kinematics and fluid mechanics of N.
Kelly R. Sutherland +3 more
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Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa.
Scientia Marina, 2004 This study provides a systematic account of the hydrozoan species collected up to now in the Mediterranean Sea. All species are described, illustrated and information on morphology and distribution is given for all of them. This work is the most complete
Jean Bouillon +5 more
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Occurrence of the physonect siphonophore Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815) off Plymouth and in south-west England [PDF]
, 2010 In September 2007, observations were made of a siphonophore in surface waters and near to the seabed by sea users off south Devon and south-east Cornwall. The same siphonophore was also recorded from regular samples collected offshore of Plymouth.
Conway, DVP +3 more
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