Ocean Food Webs and Trophic Dynamics

Contents 1. Introduction 2. The pelagic food web 2.1 The structure of the pelagic food web. 2.2 Phytoplankton community structure. 2.2.1 Bottom up determinants of phytoplankton size structure. 2.2.2 Top-down determinants of phytoplankton size structure. 2.3 Zooplankton of marine pelagic food webs 2.3.1 Protozoa. 2.3.2 Copepoda. 2.3.3 Tunicata. 2.3.4 Mesozooplankton feeding selectivity. 2.3.5 Herbivory by protozoa versus herbivory by metazoa 2.4 The configuration of the lower food web. 2.5 The jellyfish-fish interaction. 2.6 Future research questions. 3. Benthic food webs 3.1 Euphotic benthic communities 3.2 Aphotic benthic communities Glossary Bibliography