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
2005
Molecular Phylogenetics of the Siphonophora (Cnidaria), with Implications for the Evolution of Functional Specialization
Dunn C, Pugh P, Haddock S. Molecular Phylogenetics of the Siphonophora (Cnidaria), with Implications for the Evolution of Functional Specialization. Systematic Biology 2005, 54: 916-935. PMID: 16338764, DOI: 10.1080/10635150500354837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRibosomal RNA genesRNA genesNuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA geneLarge subunit ribosomal RNA geneFunctional specializationSmall subunit ribosomal RNA geneMitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA geneFree-living animalsMolecular phylogeneticsOutgroup taxaColonial hydrozoansParsimony reconstructionsMolecular dataBudding processMorphological dataTaxaFunctional typesSiphonophoresMajor groupsPhylogenyDeep seaMedusaeGenesLiving animalsScuba diving