The effects of environmental change on zooplankton communities, and more broadly,
pelagic ecosystems are difficult to predict due to the high diversity of ecological strategies …

Eleven years after the publication of the first work applying deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
metabarcoding to zooplankton communities, the commonly known “miniCOI” barcode is …

DNA metabarcoding and morphological taxonomic (microscopic) analysis of the gut
contents was used to examine diet diversity of seven species of fishes collected from …

Metabarcoding is a rapidly developing tool in marine zooplankton ecology, although most
zooplankton surveys continue to rely on visual identification for monitoring purposes. We …

Trophic sources and pathways supporting early life stages are crucial for survival of forage
fishes recruiting around the oligotrophic and unproductive Kuroshio. However, information is …

Marine zooplankton are key players in pelagic food webs, central links in ecosystem
function, useful indicators of water masses, and rapid responders to environmental variation …

Since the discovery of the first oncaeid copepod described by Philippi in 1843 as Oncaea
venusta, great progress has been achieved regarding the morphological/descriptive …

Mesozooplankton is a very diverse group of small animals ranging in size from 0.2 to 20 mm
not able to swim against ocean currents. It is a key component of pelagic ecosystems …

Documenting large-scale patterns of animals in the ocean and determining the drivers of
these patterns is needed for conservation efforts given the unprecedented rates of change …

Commercially important fish spend their vulnerable early life stages in the Kuroshio Current,
resulting in high fishery production even in the vicinity of poor prey availability under …