For over four decades, aggregations of phytoplankton known as thin layers have been
observed to harbor large amounts of photosynthetic cells within narrow horizontal bands …

Plankton are small organisms that dwell in oceans, seas and bodies of fresh water. In this
review, we discuss life in the plankton, which involves a balance between the behavioral …

Climate change pressures will influence marine planktonic systems globally, and it is
conceivable that harmful algal blooms may increase in frequency and severity. These …

The current prevailing theory of diel vertical migration (DVM) of zooplankton is focused
largely on two biotic drivers: food and predation. Yet recent evidence suggests that abiotic …

Elevated levels of neurotoxic methylmercury in Arctic food-webs pose health risks for
indigenous populations that consume large quantities of marine mammals and fish …

The characterization of particle and plankton populations, as well as microscale biophysical
interactions, is critical to several important research areas in oceanography and limnology. A …

This paper is the outcome of a workshop held in Rome in November 2011 on the occasion
of the 25th anniversary of the POEM (Physical Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean) …

Abstract Models used to predict future ocean ecosystem and biogeochemical behaviour
depend on simplified ecological frameworks allowing the definition of plankton functional …

It is widely held that increased stratification and reduced vertical mixing in the ocean driven
by global warming will promote the replacement of diatoms by smaller phytoplankton and …

Marine aggregates of biogenic origin, known as marine snow, are considered to play a
major role in the ocean's particle flux and may represent a concentrated food source for …