Nutrient budget for the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for phosphorus limitation

MD Krom, B Herut… - Limnology and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The eastern Mediterranean has a high nitrate to phosphate (N: P) ratio (~ 28: 1) in the deep
water and a highly unusual P limitation of the primary productivity. We present a detailed …

Midwater zooplankton and suspended particle dynamics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: A stable isotope perspective

CCS Hannides, BN Popp, CA Choy… - Limnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We used amino acid (AA) compound‐specific isotope analysis (δ15NAA and δ13CAA
values) of midwater zooplankton and suspended particles to examine their dynamics in the …

Trophic structure and food resources of epipelagic and mesopelagic fishes in the N orth P acific S ubtropical G yre ecosystem inferred from nitrogen isotopic …

CA Choy, BN Popp, CCS Hannides… - Limnology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We used bulk tissue δ13C and δ15N values and δ15N values of individual amino acids (AA)
to characterize the trophic structure of a pelagic fish assemblage from the North Pacific …

Spatial variations of biochemical content and stable isotope ratios of size-fractionated plankton in the Mediterranean Sea (MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE campaign)

JA Tesán-Onrubia, M Tedetti, F Carlotti, M Tenaille… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plankton represents the main source of carbon in marine ecosystems and is consequently
an important gateway for contaminants into the marine food webs. During the MERITE …

First evidence for zooplankton feeding sustaining key physiological processes in a scleractinian cold-water coral

MS Naumann, C Orejas, C Wild… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
Scleractinian cold-water corals (CWC) represent key taxa controlling deep-sea reef
ecosystem functioning by providing structurally complex habitats to a high associated …

Trophic relationships of zooplankton in the eastern Mediterranean based on stable isotope measurements

R Koppelmann, R Böttger-Schnack… - Journal of Plankton …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abundance and stable isotope composition of large and small mesozooplankton were
analyzed in samples taken with 333 and 100 μm nets, respectively, at four sites in the …

The first deep-sea mooring station in the eastern Levantine basin (DeepLev), outline and insights into regional sedimentological processes

T Katz, Y Weinstein, R Alkalay, E Biton, Y Toledo… - Deep Sea Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The eastern Levantine basin (ELB) is an ultra-oligotrophic, warm and saline marine system,
significantly affected by climate change during the past several decades. The deployment of …

Trophic ecology of deep-sea megafauna in the ultra-oligotrophic Southeastern Mediterranean Sea

T Guy-Haim, N Stern, G Sisma-Ventura - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The trophic ecology of fourteen species of demersal fishes and six species of demersal
decapod crustaceans from the continental slope and rise of the Southeastern Mediterranean …

Seasonal dynamics of midwater zooplankton and relation to particle cycling in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

CCS Hannides, BN Popp, HG Close… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Midwater zooplankton are major agents of biogeochemical transformation in the open
ocean; however their characteristics and activity remain poorly known. Here we evaluate …

Feeding strategies of tropical and subtropical calanoid copepods throughout the eastern Atlantic Ocean–Latitudinal and bathymetric aspects

M Bode, W Hagen, A Schukat, L Teuber… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
The majority of global ocean production and total export production is attributed to
oligotrophic oceanic regions due to their vast regional expanse. However, energy transfers …