From sea to sea: Canada's three oceans of biodiversity

P Archambault, PVR Snelgrove, JAD Fisher… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Evaluating and understanding biodiversity in marine ecosystems are both necessary and
challenging for conservation. This paper compiles and summarizes current knowledge of the …

Microplastic ingestion by zooplankton in Terengganu coastal waters, southern South China Sea

RM Amin, ES Sohaimi, ST Anuar, Z Bachok - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the presence of microplastics in surface seawater and zooplankton at
five different locations off the Terengganu coast in Malaysia, southern South China Sea. A …

Cephalopod ontogeny and life cycle patterns

EAG Vidal, EK Shea - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Life cycle definitions provide the background for conceptualizing meaningful questions to
address the mechanisms that generate different life cycle patterns. This review provides …

Feeding anatomy, filter-feeding rate, and diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus during surface ram filter feeding off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

PJ Motta, M Maslanka, RE Hueter, RL Davis… - Zoology, 2010 - Elsevier
The feeding anatomy, behavior and diet of the whale shark Rhincodon typus were studied
off Cabo Catoche, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The filtering apparatus is composed of 20 …

Pelagic distribution of plastic debris (> 500 µm) and marine organisms in the upper layer of the North Atlantic Ocean

M Egger, B Schilt, H Wolter, T Mani, R de Vries… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
At present, the distribution of plastic debris in the ocean water column remains largely
unknown. Such information, however, is required to assess the exposure of marine …

Factors controlling the depth habitat of planktonic foraminifera in the subtropical eastern North Atlantic

A Rebotim, AHL Voelker, L Jonkers, JJ Waniek… - …, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
Planktonic foraminifera preserved in marine sediments archive the physical and chemical
conditions under which they built their shells. To interpret the paleoceanographic …

Ingestion and sublethal effects of physically and chemically dispersed crude oil on marine planktonic copepods

R Almeda, S Baca, C Hyatt, EJ Buskey - Ecotoxicology, 2014 - Springer
Planktonic copepods play a key function in marine ecosystems, however, little is known
about the effects of dispersants and chemically dispersed crude oil on these important …

Impact of climate change on estuarine zooplankton: surface water warming in Long Island Sound is associated with changes in copepod size and community structure

E Rice, HG Dam, G Stewart - Estuaries and coasts, 2015 - Springer
In coastal ecosystems with decades of eutrophication and other anthropogenic stressors, the
impact of climate change on planktonic communities can be difficult to detect. A time series …

Induction of domoic acid production in diatoms—Types of grazers and diatoms are important

N Lundholm, B Krock, U John, J Skov, J Cheng… - Harmful Algae, 2018 - Elsevier
Grazers can induce toxin (domoic acid, DA) production in diatoms. The toxic response has
been observed in two species of Pseudo-nitzschia and was induced by Calanus copepods …

The distribution of fiddler crabs (Uca) along the coast of Brazil: implications for biogeography of the western Atlantic Ocean

CL Thurman, SC Faria, JC McNamara - Marine Biodiversity Records, 2013 - cambridge.org
To assess and analyse accurately their geographical distributions, fiddler crabs (Uca) from
the Atlantic coast of Brazil were studied using field collections, museum specimens and …