2022
Integrating siphonophores into marine food‐web ecology
Hetherington E, Damian‐Serrano A, Haddock S, Dunn C, Choy C. Integrating siphonophores into marine food‐web ecology. Limnology And Oceanography Letters 2022, 7: 81-95. DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFood web ecologyFood web structureFood web topologyDeep pelagic habitatPredator-prey interactionsDiversity of taxaTrophic complexityTrophic ecologyTrophic nicheWeb structureNiche differentiationTrophic differencesAbundant predatorsPelagic ecosystemFeeding ecologyOceanic ecosystemsDepth habitatGelatinous zooplanktonDeep pelagicSiphonophore speciesEcologyDiet differencesWater columnColonial hydrozoansEcosystems
2021
The Evolutionary History of Siphonophore Tentilla: Novelties, Convergence, and Integration
Damian-Serrano A, Haddock S, Dunn C. The Evolutionary History of Siphonophore Tentilla: Novelties, Convergence, and Integration. Integrative Organismal Biology 2021, 3: obab019. PMID: 34355122, PMCID: PMC8331849, DOI: 10.1093/iob/obab019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary historyMorphological diversityComplex evolutionary historyBroad morphological diversityEvolutionary gainPhenotypic integrationEvolutionary timeHydrozoan cnidariansMorphological convergenceFunctional diversityMorphological charactersStructured diversityCharacter correlationsFeeding habitsPrey captureUnique biological structureSiphonophore speciesNematocyst typesTentillaDiversityKinematic diversitySpeciesBiological structuresNematocyst dischargeCnidarians