Fishes are the dominant vertebrates in the ocean, yet we know little of their contribution to
carbon export flux at regional to global scales. We synthesize the existing information on fish …

The “biological pump” is the process by which photosynthetically-produced organic matter in
the ocean descends from the surface layer to depth by a combination of sinking particles …

Marine zooplankton comprise a phylogenetically and functionally diverse assemblage of
protistan and metazoan consumers that occupy multiple trophic levels in pelagic food webs …

Abstract Microplastics (1 μm–5 mm) are a ubiquitous marine contaminant of global concern,
ingested by a wide range of marine taxa. Copepods are a key component of marine food …

It would not have been possible for me to write the three editions of this book without a
double dose of extraordinary fortune: to have been part of the Woods Hole scientific …

Planktonic organisms play crucial roles in oceanic food webs and global biogeochemical
cycles,. Most of our knowledge about the ecological impact of large zooplankton stems from …

Among marine organisms, gelatinous zooplankton (GZ; cnidarians, ctenophores, and
pelagic tunicates) are unique in their energetic efficiency, as the gelatinous body plan allows …

The pelagic tunicates, gelatinous zooplankton that include salps, doliolids, and
appendicularians, are filter feeding grazers thought to produce a significant amount of …

Periodic blooms of salps (pelagic tunicates) can result in high export of organic matter,
leading to an “outsized” role in the ocean's biological carbon pump (BCP). However, due to …

Growing evidence suggests substantial quantities of particulate organic carbon (POC)
produced in surface waters reach abyssal depths within days during episodic flux events. A …