Weekend #Plankton #Factoid🦠🦐
#Neuston refers to organisms that live at the interface between water and air. They can float on the surface like by-the-wind sailors, use #water tension like water striders, or live near the surface like Pontellid #copepods. Many of these organisms use bright blue astaxanthin pigment for protection from #UV radiation. They are patchily distributed and are an oasis of biomass in low productivity #oceans, yet are still poorly studied. #science
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/30/neuston-sea-creatures-ocean-surface-science-study

Neuston, we have a problem: why do we know so little about the creatures floating on the #ocean surface? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/30/neuston-sea-creatures-ocean-surface-science-study

"Known collectively as the #neuston, these creatures are not tied to any one place. Instead, they move with the wind and the water. Sometimes they gather into huge drifts, living islands of #velella and #bluebottles... At other times they clump together around drifting debris or spread out sparsely over hundreds or even thousands of square kilometres."

Meet the #Neuston, the Diverse Organisms Living at the #Ocean’s Surface https://www.the-scientist.com/slideshow-meet-the-neuston-the-diverse-organisms-living-at-the-ocean-s-surface-70851

The Constellation of #Creatures Inhabiting the Ocean Surface https://www.the-scientist.com/the-constellation-of-creatures-inhabiting-the-ocean-surface-70844

"The ocean’s surface harbors an #ecosystem of colorful, understudied life, ranging from #protists and #cnidarians to #insects."

Started From the Bottom https://oceanbites.org/started-from-the-bottom/

Animal #evolution at the #ocean’s water-air interface https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01526-9

"#neuston did indeed evolve from ancestors that were substrate-attached but not necessarily to the #seafloor. This means that the neustonic organisms may be derived from #benthic organisms and other organisms that aren’t benthic but still attach to a substrates in the #pelagic zone."

Limpida è la zattera della lumaca sospesa tra cielo e mare https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=39109

#animali #creature #molluschi #gasteropodi #predatori #neuston #velella #cnidari #prede #sopravvivenza #evoluzione #mare #oceano #galleggiamento #zattera #scienza #bolle #aria #ambiente #mediterraneo #unoscienza

#Neuston: Of Terms in Biology https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2023/09/da-capo-of-terms-in-biology-neuston.html @STCmicrobeblog

"The presence of a gelatinous surface microlayer film had been proposed in 1983, based partly on observations of the slick associated with blooms in the #SargassoSea of the filamentous #cyanobacteria #Trichodesmium... What about the ocean surface film from the #microbial neustonian point of view? It might appear to be an immense #biofilm stretching from horizon to horizon... Estimates of its thickness range from 1 to 50 µm"

If you are interested in life on the #ocean surface, check out this Essay from
@RebeccaRHelm

The mysterious ecosystem at the ocean’s surface

http://plos.io/3uao06E

and the paper

Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology

https://plos.io/3LXY3CC

#neuston #MarineLife

"#BlaueFlotte": #Plastikmüll im Ozean von speziellem Ökosystem besiedelt

https://www.heise.de/news/Blaue-Flotte-Plastikmuell-im-Ozean-von-speziellem-Oekosystem-besiedelt-8989454.html

#Umweltverschmutzung #Plastik #Kunststoffe #Neuston

Wow…🌊🐚🐙🪼🦀🪼🪼🪼 So etwas hab ich noch nie gesehen…Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch.

https://twitter.com/rebeccarhelm/status/1654536756493156357?s=46&t=W8e68YDfMa3wdJqsRROVWQ

Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3LXY3CC

Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3LXY3CC

Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3LXY3CC

The myriad species floating atop the world’s #seas, called #neuston, are mysterious and understudied, complicating efforts to clean up #plastic #pollution.

https://www.the-scientist.com/features/the-constellation-of-creatures-inhabiting-the-ocean-surface-70844?_hsmi=248468092&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-86AvxZtRzbvFP8muSj2FVkv3KvvjSMUgyXNak_ANINWgyP5_tbLUZIs6B-Ukg7DRtOY1_pMvwpc81V807rT989Km5zxw

"The Constellation of Creatures Inhabiting the #Ocean Surface
The myriad species floating atop the world’s seas, called #neuston, are mysterious and understudied, complicating efforts to clean up #plastic #pollution."

https://www.the-scientist.com/features/the-constellation-of-creatures-inhabiting-the-ocean-surface-70844?_hsmi=240197333&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Xm3v7LVlyfb3jfmuVKRKpgIoM5USAm47s_YiV5lMCDU8PjJD1YhHlUbqY1eBnAVu-6EMXsv95OEG0tHlz7bmbwyffbw

"Life on the #Ocean Surface
The myriad species floating atop the world’s seas, called #neuston, are mysterious and understudied, complicating efforts to clean up #plastic #pollution."

https://www.the-scientist.com/ts-digest/view/life-on-the-ocean-surface-13-1?page=9&_hsmi=240341818&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-96aSjfNm3lpK8v4svh5ufOuXZRj_BpWUU8B3ZTeHNRbMAXIOLdmltHbMZ1QB7D9D8UGdVfEJsiL0zG9_ZR6I8C0KtO6g

The brilliant Rebecca Helm (Open Ocean Exploration, #GoSea) is here! Lots about the strangest ocean life, especially the neuston, and efforts to save it. Boyan Slat's black eye. Occasional references to weird animals on land, such as humans. She's threatening to use Insta and TikTok more than Mastodon so follow her and give her a reason not to overlook us. @RebeccaRHelm

#Ocean #OceanScience #Neuston #MarineConservation #OpenOcean #CitizenScience #Jellyfish #DeepSea #ecosystems