Trends in the Diversity, Distribution and Life History Strategy of Arctic Hydrozoa (Cnidaria)

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Ronowicz, Marta, Kukliński, Piotr, Mapstone, Gillian M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Bray; Holo; Medusa
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368823; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25793294; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120204

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...