Physical properties of the tunic in the pinkish-brown salp Pegea confoederata (Tunicata: Thaliacea)
Zoological Letters, 2018 Background Invisibility in the water column is a crucial strategy for gelatinous zooplanktons in avoiding detection by visual predators, especially for animals distributed in the euphotic zone during the daytime; i.e., surface dwellers that do not ...
Daisuke Sakai +3 more
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Minute Protrusions of Ascidian Tunic Cuticle : Some Implications for Ascidian Phylogeny [PDF]
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HIROSE EUICHI +3 more
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Fecal pellet packaging enhances marine carbon sequestration
Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 3, March 2026.Abstract Fecal pellets produced by marine zooplankton contribute substantially to transporting biologically fixed carbon from the sunlit sea surface into deeper water layers. Their occurrence and composition are often heterogeneous, and pellets may undergo various changes while sinking, making it difficult to quantitatively assess their mechanisms of ...
Clarissa Karthäuser +6 more
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Check list of plankton of the northern Red Sea [PDF]
, 2000 Qualitative estimation of phytoplankton and zooplankton of the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba were carried out from four sites: Sharm El-Sheikh, Taba, Hurghada and Safaga.
Aboul-Ezz, S.M., El-Sherif, Z.M.
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Phylogenetic Position of a Deep-Sea Ascidian, Megalodicopia hians, Inferred from the Molecular Data [PDF]
, 2003 Ascidians inhabit both shallow water and the deep sea. The phylogenetic position of deepsea ascidians has not been sufficiently investigated because of their unusual habitats. The family Octacnemidae is one such enigmatic deep-sea ascidian.
Kurabayashi Atsushi +7 more
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Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2026.Abstract Gelatinous zooplankton (GZ) have been proposed as a potentially important but largely overlooked contributor to the biological carbon pump. However, estimates of GZ‐derived carbon transfer efficiency to the ocean floor reflect uncertainties in key parameters that govern carbon export, leading to contrasting interpretations of the role of GZ in
Č. E. Perharič Bailey +4 more
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Zoological Letters, 2017 Background Hox gene clusters with at least 13 paralog group (PG) members are common in vertebrate genomes and in that of amphioxus. Ascidians, which belong to the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), are phylogenetically positioned between vertebrates and ...
Yuka Sekigami +7 more
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Cruise Report NOAA Ship McARTHUR II Cruise AR-04-04: Leg 2 (June 1-12, 2004): A pilot survey of deepwater coral/sponge assemblages and their susceptibility to fishing/harvest impacts at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) [PDF]
, 2005 Summary: The offshore shelf and canyon habitats of the OCNMS (Fig. 1) are areas of high primary productivity and biodiversity that support extensive groundfish fisheries. Recent acoustic surveys conducted in these waters have indicated the presence of
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Occurrence of small microplastics in the salp Salpa fusiformis in the Kuroshio region
Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 2, February 2026.Abstract We investigated the occurrence pattern of Salpa fusiformis, broad‐spectrum filter‐feeding zooplankton that intercept small particles around the Kuroshio Current, off southern Japan and inferred in situ distribution of near‐surface small microplastics (plastic particles < 330 μm) based on their gut contents.
Kengo Egami +7 more
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Knotszakpijp - Styela clava. Niet-inheemse soorten van het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria [PDF]
, 2011 Oorspronkelijk leefde de knotszakpijp Styela clava enkel langs Aziatische kusten. Transport via vasthechting op oorlogsschepen bracht de soort naar Europa, waar hij voor het eerst opgemerkt werd in Engeland omstreeks 1953.
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