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Trophic structure in the northern Humboldt Current system: new perspectives from stable isotope analysis
The northern Humboldt Current system (NHCS) is the most productive eastern boundary upwelling system (EBUS) in terms of fish productivity despite...
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Microplastics: An Emerging Threat to the Aquatic Ecosystem
Plastic pollution in the aquatic ecosystem has been a growing environmental problem worldwide where it has pervaded everywhere even in the most...
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The biology and ecology of coral rubble and implications for the future of coral reefs
Structural complexity provided by the living coral reef framework is the basis of the rich and dynamic biodiversity in coral reefs. In many cases...
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Ecological variables for develo** a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy
The deep sea (>200 m depth) encompasses >95% of the world’s ocean volume and represents the largest and least explored biome on Earth (<0.0001% of...
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The first record of symbiosis between a palaeonemertean (Nemertea) and echinoderms (Echinodermata)
The associations between Cephalotrichella echinicola Chernyshev et al., 2019, and the heart urchin Metallia spp . described here represent the first...
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Benthic fauna associated with Loxechinus albus beds in Northwest Patagonia: spatial patterns and species archetypes
The present study is a first characterization of benthic communities associated with the intensively-exploited sea urchin Loxechinus albus in...
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Dual energy metabolism of the Campylobacterota endosymbiont in the chemosynthetic snail Alviniconcha marisindica
Some deep-sea chemosynthetic invertebrates and their symbiotic bacteria can use molecular hydrogen (H 2 ) as their energy source. However, how much the...
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Fueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts
Sponges host a remarkable diversity of microbial symbionts, however, the benefit their microbes provide is rarely understood. Here, we describe two...
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The squat lobster Pleuroncodes monodon tolerates anoxic “dead zone” conditions off Peru
The squat lobster Pleuroncodes monodon is a key species of the highly productive, but oxygen-poor upwelling system of the Eastern Tropical South...
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The Families of Decapod Shrimps
The taxonomy and classification of the ~4400 decapod shrimps are constantly evolving as new research clarifies their nomenclature and relationships....
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Palau
Palau, an island archipelago located in the western Pacific warm pool, has over 500 km of outer reefs with steep slopes that host mesophotic coral...
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The Apparently Relentless Spread of the Major Decapod Alien Species in the Mediterranean Basin and European Inland Waters
Among the many alien crustacean species so far recorded in the Mediterranean basinMediterranean basin are numerous...
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Age determination in crustaceans: a review
Crustaceans, a commercially important class of arthropods in fisheries and aquaculture, represent a major worldwide food component for human...
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Effects of Parasitic Crustacea on Hosts
This chapter summarises our understanding of the direct effects that parasitic crustaceans have on their invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. At the...
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Deep-sea decapods sampled or observed with a manned submersible at the Rio Grande Rise (SW Atlantic), including the first record of four species from this region
The Rio Grande Rise (RGR) is a volcanic topographic structure of the Southwest Atlantic basin that rises over 3000 m from the seafloor and is located...
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Oceans of Krill
It was night, and the trawl deck of the Canadian research vessel Dawson was an oasis of light in the inky summer darkness. The ship rolled in the...
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Decapod Assemblages in Mauritanian Waters
We studied the decapods collected in four trawlingTrawl (trawling) (trawler) surveys conducted in Mauritanian waters, in 281 hauls performed...
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Composition and Distribution of Epibenthic and Demersal Assemblages in Mauritanian Deep-Waters
Quantitative data were collected with a 3.5 m beam-trawl gear at 25 stations along five latitudinal transectsBathymetric transects , covering...
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Trophic Ecology and Habitat Provision in Cold-Water Coral Ecosystems
Cold-water coral ecosystems differ from each other greatly in structure, faunal makeup, and ecological function. Attributes such as substrate type,...