The dense phytoplankton blooms that characterize productive regions and seasons in the sea are dominated, from high to low latitudes and from coast line to open ocean, by comparatively few, often ...

With the lovely blanket of snow that we have on the ground, it is fun to see the squirrels and chipmunks making little ...

These teeny shrimp-like critters at the bottom of the ocean food web seem totally unimportant. But throw in an oil spill and some well-intentioned human intervention and they can have a huge impact, ...

Zooplankton no bigger than grains of rice play a much larger role in the transport and storage of CO2 in the ocean than previously thought, scientists report. Zooplankton no bigger than grains of rice ...

We are describing and documenting patterns of copepod species to determine how their diversity evolves. Copepods are one of the most abundant forms of life on Earth. They are dominant in the community ...

Copepod are small crustaceans and among the most abundant and diverse life forms on Earth. They live in nearly every habitat in the world. However, owing to their size and fragility, only a handful of ...

THOUGH NOT CHARISMATIC, Calanus glacialis is one of the most important creatures in the Arctic. About 4mm long and almost transparent, with a single eye and fine red antennae running the length of its ...

Members of Tigriopus californicus, an harpacticoid copepod, live in small, shallow tidepools in the upper spray zone where they cannot avoid the full effect of visible and ultraviolet (UV) radiation.