Sinking of Gelatinous Zooplankton Biomass Increases Deep Carbon Transfer Efficiency Globally

Large vertical migrations of Pyrosoma atlanticum play an important role in active carbon transport

(2019) Natasha Henschke et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

A Paradigm Shift in the Trophic Importance of Jellyfish?

(2018) Graeme C. Hays et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Jellyfish and other gelata as food for four penguin species - insights from predator-borne videos

(2017) Jean-Baptiste Thiebot et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Remineralization of particulate organic carbon in an ocean oxygen minimum zone

(2017) E. L. Cavan et al.   Nature Communications

Benthic scavengers and predators of jellyfish, material for a review

(2017) Ron M. L. Ates   Plankton & Benthos Research

Direct evidence of an efficient energy transfer pathway from jellyfish carcasses to a commercially important deep-water species

(2017) Kathy M. Dunlop et al.   Scientific Reports

Characteristic Sizes of Life in the Oceans, from Bacteria to Whales

(2016) K.H. Andersen et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Bloom or bust: synchrony in jellyfish abundance, fish consumption, benthic scavenger abundance, and environmental drivers across a continental shelf

(2016) Brian E. Smith et al.   FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY

Microbial transformation of jellyfish organic matter affects the nitrogen cycle in the marine water column — A Black Sea case study

(2016) Tinkara Tinta et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Jellyfish decomposition at the seafloor rapidly alters biogeochemical cycling and carbon flow through benthic food-webs

(2016) Andrew K. Sweetman et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Biogeochemical implications of decomposing jellyfish blooms in a changing climate

(2015) Ariella Chelsky et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Attenuation of sinking particulate organic carbon flux through the mesopelagic ocean

(2015) Chris M. Marsay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The elusive life cycle of scyphozoan jellyfish – metagenesis revisited

(2015) Janja Ceh et al.   Scientific Reports

Global ocean biogeochemistry model HAMOCC: Model architecture and performance as component of the MPI-Earth system model in different CMIP5 experimental realizations

(2015) Tatiana Ilyina et al.   Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food-web models

(2014) D. A. Siegel et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Gelatinous zooplankton biomass in the global oceans: geographic variation and environmental drivers

(2014) Cathy H. Lucas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Large salp bloom export from the upper ocean and benthic community response in the abyssal northeast Pacific: Day to week resolution

(2014) K. L. Jr. Smith et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Rapid scavenging of jellyfish carcasses reveals the importance of gelatinous material to deep-sea food webs

(2014) A. K. Sweetman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Jelly biomass sinking speed reveals a fast carbon export mechanism

(2013) Mario Lebrato et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Sinking Jelly-Carbon Unveils Potential Environmental Variability along a Continental Margin

(2013) Mario Lebrato et al.   PLoS One

Recurrent jellyfish blooms are a consequence of global oscillations

(2013) R. H. Condon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Questioning the Rise of Gelatinous Zooplankton in the World's Oceans

(2012) Robert H. Condon et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Pulse perturbations from bacterial decomposition of Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Scyphozoa: Pelagiidae)

(2012) Jessica R. Frost et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions

(2012) Mario Lebrato et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Increasing jellyfish populations: trends in Large Marine Ecosystems

(2012) Lucas Brotz et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Time series of vertical flux of zooplankton fecal pellets on the continental shelf of the western Antarctic Peninsula

(2012) MR Gleiber et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Massive Consumption of Gelatinous Plankton by Mediterranean Apex Predators

(2012) Luis Cardona et al.   PLoS One

First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord

(2011) Andrew K. Sweetman et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

What's in a jellyfish? Proximate and elemental composition and biometric relationships for use in biogeochemical studies

(2011) Cathy H. Lucas et al.   ECOLOGY

Mass deposition event ofPyrosoma atlanticumcarcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa)

(2011) M. Lebrato et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Shedding light on processes that control particle export and flux attenuation in the twilight zone of the open ocean

(2011) Ken O. Buesseler et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Depth attenuation of organic matter export associated with jelly falls

(2011) Mario Lebrato et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Jellyfish blooms result in a major microbial respiratory sink of carbon in marine systems

(2011) R. H. Condon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Marine snow originating from appendicularian houses: Age-dependent settling characteristics

(2010) Fabien Lombard et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Mesopelagic zone ecology and biogeochemistry – a synthesis

(2010) Carol Robinson et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Ballast, sinking velocity, and apparent diffusivity within marine snow and zooplankton fecal pellets: Implications for substrate turnover by attached bacteria

(2010) Helle Ploug et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Distinctions in the diets and distributions of larval tunas and the important role of appendicularians

(2010) Joel K. Llopiz et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Variability in the average sinking velocity of marine particles

(2010) Andrew M. P. McDonnell et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Prediction of ecological niches and carbon export by appendicularians using a new multispecies ecophysiological model

(2009) F Lombard et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Influence of decomposing jellyfish on the sediment oxygen demand and nutrient dynamics

(2008) Elizabeth Jane West et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Jellyfish in ecosystems, online databases, and ecosystem models

(2008) Daniel Pauly et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Influence of jellyfish blooms on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and plankton production

(2008) Kylie A. Pitt et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Particulate organic carbon fluxes to the ocean interior and factors controlling the biological pump: A synthesis of global sediment trap programs since 1983

(2008) Susumu Honjo et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY