Microplastics widely distributed in the ocean are readily ingested by marine organisms, particularly zooplankton, whose food particles are similar in size to microplastics. Chaetognaths, typical ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The bryozoan Membranipora membranacea possesses a long-lived planktonic larva and occurs in encrusting colonies in the Macrocystis pyrifera ...

Planktonic foraminifera are tiny marine organisms, which are essential to the ocean's carbon cycle. A recent study reveals that these populations are shrinking at an alarming rate due to ocean warming ...

For a survivorship curve to show a meaningful pattern, it is essential that a suitably homogeneous group is selected for analysis. If taxa have originated at different times in the geological record ...

Planktonic foraminifera -- tiny, shelled organisms that float in the sea -- left behind one of the most complete fossil records of evolutionary history in deep sea deposits. Consequently, ...

Microscopic fossils of aquatic creatures, dating back hundreds of millions of years, could help clear up mysteries about how we evolved. Evolutionary ecologist, Dr Thomas Ezard, is undertaking an ...

A mat of benthic green and blue-green algae removed from the bottom of the Shenandoah River was collected during a harmful algal bloom. This type of algae was first found in the Columbia River in late ...