Traditionally, diatoms have been regarded as providing the bulk of the food that sustains the
marine food chain and important fisheries. However, this view was challenged almost two …

Chemicals produced by aquatic organisms, and especially micro‐organisms, have received
increasing attention in the last decade for their role in shaping interactions and communities …

Recruitment success at the early life stages is a critical process for zooplankton
demography. Copepods often dominate the zooplankton in marine coastal zones and are …

Diatoms are highly abundant unicellular algae that often dominate pelagic as well as
benthic primary production in the oceans and inland waters. Being strictly dependent on …

Polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) have been extensively studied for their potential role in
phytoplankton defence against grazers, but recently a potential infochemical role has been …

Lipid and fatty acid composition are considered to be key parameters that determine the
nutritive quality of phytoplankton diets for zooplanktonic herbivores. The fitness …

Diatoms are key phytoplankton organisms and one of the main primary producers in aquatic
ecosystems. However, many diatom species produce a series of secondary metabolites …

We investigated whether reduced reproductive success of copepods fed with diatoms was
related to nutritional imbalances with regard to essential lipids or to the production of …

Polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUA) are supposed to play critical roles in chemically-mediated
plankton interactions. Laboratory studies suggest that they act as mediators of chemical …

Background Copepods are fundamental components of pelagic food webs, but reports on
how molecular responses link to reproductive success in natural populations are still scarce …