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 +2 more
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Bifurcations in valveless pumping techniques from a coupled fluid-structure-electrophysiology model in heart development [PDF]
, 2017 We explore an embryonic heart model that couples electrophysiology and muscle-force generation to flow induced using a $2D$ fluid-structure interaction framework based on the immersed boundary method.
Battista, Nicholas A., Miller, Laura A.
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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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The impact of Rapido trawling for scallops, Pecten jacobaeus (L.), on the benthos of the Gulf of Venice [PDF]
, 1999 Rapido trawls are used to catch sole around the coast of Italy and to catch scallops in the northern Adriatic Sea but little is known about the environmental impact of this gear.
Atkinson, RJA +3 more
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Life history and ecological genetics of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri [PDF]
, 2015 The colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri is a cosmopolitan, marine filter feeder, introduced as a laboratory research organism in the 1950s. Currently, it is widely used in many laboratories to investigate a variety of biological questions.
Ballarin, Loriano +7 more
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Distribution of Oikopleura Dioica (Tunicata, Appendicularia) associated with a coastal frontal system (39°- 41°s) of the SW Atlantic ocean in the spawning area of Engraulis Anchoita anchovy [PDF]
, 2013 Among tunicates, the small planktonic appendicularians generally comprise a significant fraction of the mesozooplankton in frontal systems. The summer 2011 distribution (vertical and spatial) of Oikopleura dioica was studied in terms of abundance ...
Capitanio, Fabiana Lia +3 more
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Comparative jet wake structure and swimming performance of salps [PDF]
, 2010 Salps are barrel-shaped marine invertebrates that swim by jet propulsion. Morphological variations among species and life-cycle stages are accompanied by differences in swimming mode.
Madin, Laurence P., Sutherland, Kelly R.
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Report on the 2013 Rapid Assessment Survey of Marine Species at New England Bays and Harbors [PDF]
, 2014 Introduced species (i.e., non-native species that have become established in a new location) have increasingly been recognized as a concern as they have become more prevalent in marine and terrestrial environments (Mooney and Cleland 2001; Simberloff et ...
Cao, Yuangyu +19 more
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Would You Like a Sample? [PDF]
In this lesson students will investigate sampling strategies for biological communities in the ocean to see how well biological samples represent the actual communities from which they are taken.
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De novo draft assembly of the Botrylloides leachii genome provides further insight into tunicate evolution [PDF]
, 2018 Tunicates are marine invertebrates that compose the closest phylogenetic group to the vertebrates. These chordates present a particularly diverse range of regenerative abilities and life-history strategies.
Blanchoud, Simon +4 more
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