2024
Giants among Cnidaria: Large Nuclear Genomes and Rearranged Mitochondrial Genomes in Siphonophores
Ahuja N, Cao X, Schultz D, Picciani N, Lord A, Shao S, Jia K, Burdick D, Haddock S, Li Y, Dunn C. Giants among Cnidaria: Large Nuclear Genomes and Rearranged Mitochondrial Genomes in Siphonophores. Genome Biology And Evolution 2024, 16: evae048. PMID: 38502059, PMCID: PMC10980510, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsK-mer spectraMitochondrial genomeGenomic diversityK-mersNuclear genomeEstimate nuclear genome sizesMitochondrial gene orderNuclear genome sizeGenome assembly projectsRearranged mitochondrial genomesK-mer countingGenome skimmingGene orderGenome sizeRead coverageSequencing depthPhylogenetic samplingIllumina sequencingCnidarian speciesGenomeAssembly projectsSiphonophoresZooplankton communityAbundant predatorsSpecies
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