Biospeleology, the study of organisms that live in caves, has a tremendous potential to
inform many aspects of modern biology; yet this area of knowledge remains largely …

Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline
of higher-level classification and Page 1 Zootaxa 3148 © 2011 Magnolia Press · 165 …

The continuous plankton recorder (CPR) survey is the largest multi-decadal plankton
monitoring programme in the world. It was initiated in 1931 and by the end of 2004 had …

The present review addresses the reproductive strategies of marine calanoid copepods, as
affected by their physiological preconditioning, and aims to enhance understanding of their …

The increase in species richness from the poles to the Equator has been observed in
numerous terrestrial and aquatic taxa. A number of different hypotheses have been put …

Across the Southern Ocean, large (≥ 20 μm) diatoms are generally assumed to be the
primary vector for carbon export, although this assumption derives mainly from summertime …

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 …

Diversity and structure of copepod assemblages were investigated using 259 WP2
zooplankton samples collected from the top 200 m of the Atlantic Ocean between 60 N and …

Hydromedusae are one of the best-represented planktonic groups in waters of the South
Atlantic Ocean in terms of species richness. Nevertheless, medusae of the region are …

The integrity of global biological systems depends on two main processes linking biotic and
abiotic domains: plant photosynthesis and microbial regeneration. In the ocean, those …