Trends in the diversity, distribution and life history strategy of Arctic Hydrozoa (Cnidaria).

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Marta Ronowicz, Piotr Kukliński, Gillian M Mapstone
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Bray; Holo; Medusa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120204; https://doaj.org/article/2a6cbc1e3e104327a5d07da12b098fae

This is the first attempt to compile a comprehensive and updated species list for Hydrozoa in the Arctic, encompassing both hydroid and medusa stages and including Siphonophorae. We address the hypothesis that the presence of a pelagic stage (holo- or meroplanktonic) was not necessary to successfull...