Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology

GC Hays, LC Ferreira, AMM Sequeira… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
It is a golden age for animal movement studies and so an opportune time to assess priorities
for future work. We assembled 40 experts to identify key questions in this field, focussing on …

A paradigm shift in the trophic importance of jellyfish?

GC Hays, TK Doyle, JDR Houghton - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2018 - cell.com
The past 30 years have seen several paradigm shifts in our understanding of how ocean
ecosystems function. Now recent technological advances add to an overwhelming body of …

A novel metaheuristic optimizer inspired by behavior of jellyfish in ocean

JS Chou, DN Truong - Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2021 - Elsevier
This study develops a novel metaheuristic algorithm that is motivated by the behavior of
jellyfish in the ocean and is called artificial Jellyfish Search (JS) optimizer. The simulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in use of bio-inspired jellyfish search algorithm for solving optimization problems

JS Chou, A Molla - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The complexity of engineering optimization problems is increasing. Classical gradient-
based optimization algorithms are a mathematical means of solving complex problems …

[HTML][HTML] Role of jellyfish in the plankton ecosystem revealed using a global ocean biogeochemical model

RM Wright, C Le Quéré, E Buitenhuis, S Pitois… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Jellyfish are increasingly recognised as important components of the marine ecosystem, yet
their specific role is poorly defined compared to that of other zooplankton groups. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Direct evidence of swimming demonstrates active dispersal in the sea turtle “lost years”

NF Putman, KL Mansfield - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Although oceanic dispersal in larval and juvenile marine animals is widely studied, the
relative contributions of swimming behavior and ocean currents to movements and …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying the key biophysical drivers, connectivity outcomes, and metapopulation consequences of larval dispersal in the sea

EA Treml, JR Ford, KP Black, SE Swearer - Movement ecology, 2015 - Springer
Background Population connectivity, which is essential for the persistence of benthic marine
metapopulations, depends on how life history traits and the environment interact to influence …

[HTML][HTML] Ecotoxicity of polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) and polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics in marine zooplankton

M Di Giannantonio, C Gambardella, R Miroglio… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to investigate the ecotoxicity of polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF)
and polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics (MPs) in two marine zooplankton: the crustacean …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of cnidarian muscles: function, anatomy, development and regeneration

L Leclère, E Röttinger - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The ability to perform muscle contractions is one of the most important and distinctive
features of eumetazoans. As the sister group to bilaterians, cnidarians (sea anemones …

[HTML][HTML] Ocean currents and marine life

GC Hays - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Ocean currents have many profound impacts on marine life, moving not only animals and
plants around the ocean but also redistributing heat and nutrients. While some of these …