Matrotrophy, the continuous extra‐vitelline supply of nutrients from the parent to the progeny
during gestation, is one of the masterpieces of nature, contributing to offspring fitness and …

Coastal plankton show fluctuations in abundance and species composition. Resting stage
(cyst) production is a common strategy adopted by hundreds of plankton species to ensure …

The annual cycle of plankton was studied over 14 years from 1984 to 2000 at a coastal
station in the Gulf of Naples, with the aim of assessing seasonal patterns and interannual …

Zooplankton are critical to the vitality of estuaries and coastal waters. In this revised edition
of Johnson and Allen's instant classic, readers are taken on a tour of the miniature universe …

This work is a study of plankton food web structure and carbon flow in March and September
1997 in the Aegean Sea, area of outflow of Black Sea waters in the Mediterranean Sea …

A principal mechanism for the transfer of non-indigenous species among aquatic
ecosystems has been through the movement of ships' ballast water. To date, most ballast …

Selection for ciliates in the presence of phytoplankton has been previously shown for some
species of copepods. However, the factors determining preference for this heterotrophic prey …

Abstract Zooplankton in the Barents Sea have been monitored annually with a standard
procedure with determination of size-fractioned biomass since the mid-1980s. Biomass of …

Coastal zooplankton have been investigated since 1984 at a Long Term Ecological
Research station MC (LTER-MC) in the inner Gulf of Naples (Tyrrhenian Sea, Western …

This work represents a first step in understanding the impact of hydrodynamic features on
the zooplankton dynamics in the Algerian Basin (southwestern Mediterranean Sea). The …