Journal of Plankton Research

ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

Nicolás Ortiz, María Edith Ré, and Federico Márquez

First description of eggs, hatchlings and hatchling behaviour of Enteroctopus megalocyathus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)
JPR Advance Access published on July 15, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 881-890; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Darcy J. Lonsdale, Dianne I. Greenfield, Elizabeth M. Hillebrand, Robert Nuzzi, and Gordon T. Taylor

Contrasting microplanktonic composition and food web structure in two coastal embayments (Long Island, NY, USA)
JPR Advance Access published on July 26, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 891-905; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michail I. Gladyshev, Nadezhda N. Sushchik, Olga P. Dubovskaya, Olesia N. Makhutova, and Galina S. Kalachova

Influence of sestonic elemental and essential fatty acid contents in a eutrophic reservoir in Siberia on population growth of Daphnia (longispina group)
JPR Advance Access published on July 26, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 907-917; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marja Koski, Wim Klein Breteler, Nelleke Schogt, Santiago Gonzalez, and Hans Henrik Jakobsen

Life-stage-specific differences in exploitation of food mixtures: diet mixing enhances copepod egg production but not juvenile development
JPR Advance Access published on August 2, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 919-936; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lars Johan Hansson and Thomas Kiørboe

Effects of large gut volume in gelatinous zooplankton: ingestion rate, bolus production and food patch utilization by the jellyfish Sarsia tubulosa
JPR Advance Access published on August 4, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 937-942; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jiang-Shiou Hwang, Sami Souissi, LI-Chun Tseng, Laurent Seuront, François G. Schmitt, Lee-Shing Fang, Shao-Hung Peng, Cheng-Han WU, Shih-Hui Hsiao, Wen-Hung Twan, Tsui-Ping Wei, Ram Kumar, Tien-Hsi Fang, Qing-Chao Chen, and C. Kim Wong

A 5-year study of the influence of the northeast and southwest monsoons on copepod assemblages in the boundary coastal waters between the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait
JPR Advance Access published on August 11, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 943-958; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHORT COMMUNICATION:

Verónica Fuentes and Francesc Pagès

Description of Jubanyella plemmyris gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) from a specimen stranded off Jubany Antarctic station, with a new diagnosis for the family Aeginidae
JPR Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 959-963; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

COMMENT:

Xabier Irigoien

Reply to Horizons Article ‘Castles built on sand: dysfunctionality in plankton models and the inadequacy of dialogue between biologists and modellers’ Flynn (2005). Shiny mathematical castles built on grey biological sands
JPR Advance Access published on July 15, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 965-967; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl022 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEW:

Kevin J. Flynn

Aquatic Food Webs: An Ecosystem Approach. Edited by Belgrano A., Scharler U. M., Dunne J. and Ulanowicz R. E. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005. 272 pp. ISBN 0198564821 (hardback). £85.00.
JPR Advance Access published on July 18, 2006
J. Plankton Res. 2006 28: 969-970; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl024 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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