"Pelagic fungi, previously overlooked, are found extensively throughout the water column in every ocean basin. And not only that, these fungi play an active role in the degradation of organic matter ...

The eolian flux of terrigenous minerals to the pelagic ocean has been measured in about 30 locations in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. Dust fluxes vary by three orders of magnitude from ...

To survive the open ocean, tiny fish larvae, freshly hatched from eggs, must find food, avoid predators, and navigate ocean currents to their adult habitats. But what the larvae of most marine species ...

Pelagic fish – species that occupy the water column of the open ocean, neither near the bottom nor near the shore – are more impacted by both human pressure and protection than bottom-dwelling benthic ...

Microscopic plankton are among the most important organisms on Earth. Phytoplankton produce around half of the oxygen we ...

Scientists have discovered that a diverse array of marine animals find refuge in so-called 'surface slicks' in Hawai'i. These ocean features create a superhighway of nursery habitat for more than 100 ...