| 10 | Winter zooplankton in the ROPME Sea Area |  | | Winter zooplankton in the ROPME Sea Area | Alexandria University | Mohamed M. Dorgham | mdorgham1947@yahoo.com | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 25 | Spatio-temporal distribution and long-term variability of the zooplankton community in the typical bays in Shandong coast of China |  | | Spatio-temporal distribution and long-term variability of the zooplankton community in the typical bays in Shandong coast of China | First Institute of Oceanography, SOA | Ping Liu | liuping@fio.org.cn | China |
| 34 | Integrative taxonomic-ecological perspective of parasites infecting krill, chaetognaths and their nektonic predators in the Gulf of California, Mexico |  | | Integrative taxonomic-ecological perspective of parasites infecting krill, chaetognaths and their nektonic predators in the Gulf of California, Mexico | Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas | Jaime Gómez-Gutiérrez | jagomezg@ipn.mx | Mexico |
| 35 | Zooplankton mortality and the potential contribution of carcasses to the autochthonous particulate organic carbon along the Valdivia estuary |  | | Zooplankton mortality and the potential contribution of carcasses to the autochthonous particulate organic carbon along the Valdivia estuary | Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Universidad Austral de Chile | Ricardo Giesecke | ricardo.giesecke@uach.cl | Chile/Valdivia |
| 48 | Early cephalopod life stages in the Sargasso Sea: abundances and distribution patterns |  | | Early cephalopod life stages in the Sargasso Sea: abundances and distribution patterns | Geomar Kiel, Germany | Alexandra Lischka | alischka@geomar.de | Germany |
| 92 | Dynamics of abundance, species and length composition of euphausiids in the Barents Sea under recent warm period |  | | Dynamics of abundance, species and length composition of euphausiids in the Barents Sea under recent warm period | Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO) | Anna S. Orlova | annaorlova@pinro.ru | Russia |
| 93 | Swarm formation and cohesion by the marine crustacean Mysidium gracile |  | | Swarm formation and cohesion by the marine crustacean Mysidium gracile | Kutztown University | N.M. Butler | butler@kutztown.edu | USA |
| 103 | Importance of cold-water zooplankton as prey of chum salmon fry Oncorhynchus keta in Yamada Bay, Iwate, northern Japan |  | | Importance of cold-water zooplankton as prey of chum salmon fry Oncorhynchus keta in Yamada Bay, Iwate, northern Japan | School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University | Yamada, Y. | yyamada@kitasato-u.ac.jp | Japan |
| 107 | The trophic role of chaetognaths (Sagitta crassa and S. nagae) in the pelagic ecosystem of the Yellow Sea using the gut contents and fatty acid trophic markers |  | | The trophic role of chaetognaths (Sagitta crassa and S. nagae) in the pelagic ecosystem of the Yellow Sea using the gut contents and fatty acid trophic markers | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology | Hyun-Jin Yoon | sjju@kiost.ac.kr | Republic of Korea |
| 109 | Composition and vertical migration calyptopes stages (Crustacea: Euphausiacea) in open southern Adriatic Sea throughout the seasons |  | | Composition and vertical migration calyptopes stages (Crustacea: Euphausiacea) in open southern Adriatic Sea throughout the seasons | Institute for Marine and Coastal Research | Barbara Gangai Zovko | barbara.gangai@unidu.hr | Croatia |
| 132 | DNA BARCODING OF CALANOID COPEPODS FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA |  | | DNA BARCODING OF CALANOID COPEPODS FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA | Instituto Politécnico Nacional - CICIMAR | Juan Ramón Beltrán-Castro | strujil@ipn.mx | México |
| 154 | Short-term changes in abundance and population structure of dominant pelagic chaetognaths in the Oyashio region during the spring phytoplankton bloom |  | | Short-term changes in abundance and population structure of dominant pelagic chaetognaths in the Oyashio region during the spring phytoplankton bloom | Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University | Yoshiyuki Abe | y.abe@fish.hokudai.ac.jp | Japan |
| 193 | Including gelatinous zooplankton in plankton surveys – challenges, suggestions and potential gain |  | | Including gelatinous zooplankton in plankton surveys – challenges, suggestions and potential gain | University Museum of Bergen | Aino Hosia | aino.hosia@uib.no | Norway |
| 199 | Spatiotemporal distribution, biomass and ecological role of chaetognaths in the Nordic and Barents Seas |  | | Spatiotemporal distribution, biomass and ecological role of chaetognaths in the Nordic and Barents Seas | Institute of Marine Research | Espen Strand | espen.strand@imr.no | Norway |
| 203 | Patterns in macrozooplankton and micronekton biomass distribution across four north Atlantic ocean basins |  | | Patterns in macrozooplankton and micronekton biomass distribution across four north Atlantic ocean basins | Institute of Marine Research | Thor Aleksander Klevjer | thor.klevjer@imr.no | Norway |
| 232 | Response of macrozooplankton to Environmental variation. |  | | Response of macrozooplankton to Environmental variation. | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Peter H. Wiebe | pwiebe@whoi.edu | USA |
| 245 | Spatial and temporal variability of lipid and energy content of northern California Current euphausiids |  | | Spatial and temporal variability of lipid and energy content of northern California Current euphausiids | Humboldt State University | Christine J. Cass | christine.cass@humboldt.edu | USA |
| 257 | Consequences of a gelatinous body plan |  | | Consequences of a gelatinous body plan | Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | Nicholas R Record | nrecord@bigelow.org | USA |
| 259 | Predominant jellyfish (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the Inland Sea of Japan: a recent transition from Aurelia aurita to Chrysaora pacifica |  | | Predominant jellyfish (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the Inland Sea of Japan: a recent transition from Aurelia aurita to Chrysaora pacifica | Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University | Shin-ichi Uye | suye@hiroshima-u.ac.jp | Japan |
| 273 | PARALARVAE AS PART OF MACROOZOOPLANKTON AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VARIABILITY OF OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS |  | | PARALARVAE AS PART OF MACROOZOOPLANKTON AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VARIABILITY OF OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS | INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU | XIMENA OROSCO | x.orosco.m@gmail.com | PERU |
| 293 | The Role of Large Jellyfish in the Pelagic Food Web in China Coastal Waters |  | | The Role of Large Jellyfish in the Pelagic Food Web in China Coastal Waters | Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences | Song Sun | sunsong@qdio.ac.cn | China |
| 319 | Echinoderm diversity in Pulicat lagoon of south east India |  | | Echinoderm diversity in Pulicat lagoon of south east India | University of Madras | Ramanibai Ravichandran | rramani8@hotmail.com | India |
| 322 | Differential feeding behavior of three coexisting krill species in the St. Lawrence estuary, Canada: a fatty acid and stable isotope approach |  | | Differential feeding behavior of three coexisting krill species in the St. Lawrence estuary, Canada: a fatty acid and stable isotope approach | Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski/Marine institut of Rimouski | Cabrol Jory | cabrol.jory@gmail.com | Canada |
| 323 | Biogeography and biomass of North Atlantic jellyfish |  | | Biogeography and biomass of North Atlantic jellyfish | Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) | Priscilla Licandro | prli@sahfos.ac.uk | UK |
| 325 | Changes in Adriatic non-crustacean zooplankton community - influence of hydroclimatic changes |  | | Changes in Adriatic non-crustacean zooplankton community - influence of hydroclimatic changes | Institute for marine and coastal research, University of Dubrovnik | Mirna Batistić | mirna.batistic@unidu.hr | Croatia |
| 354 | Transcriptomic analysis of the Northern Krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) |  | | Transcriptomic analysis of the Northern Krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) | Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences | Leocadio Blanco-Bercial | amy.maas@bios.edu | Bermuda |
| 406 | Salps are major contributors to carbon export in the UK Shelf Sea |  | | Salps are major contributors to carbon export in the UK Shelf Sea | National Oceanography Centre | Sarah Lou Carolin Giering | S.Giering@noc.ac.uk | UK |
| 408 | Biology and ecology of the siphonophore Muggiaea atlantica in the northeast Atlantic |  | | Biology and ecology of the siphonophore Muggiaea atlantica in the northeast Atlantic | National Oceanography Centre Southampton & Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science | Michael Blackett | mb10g11@noc.soton.ac.uk | United Kingdom |
| 417 | Krill ingestion rates in the St. Lawrence estuary: feeding experiments with natural zooplankton and phytoplankton communities |  | | Krill ingestion rates in the St. Lawrence estuary: feeding experiments with natural zooplankton and phytoplankton communities | Institut des sciences de la mer/Marine institut of Rimouski | cabrol Jory | cabrol.jory@gmail.com | Canada |
| 454 | Time series of gelatinous zooplankton in Chesapeake Bay, USA: Environmental controls and interspecific interactions |  | | Time series of gelatinous zooplankton in Chesapeake Bay, USA: Environmental controls and interspecific interactions | Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary | Joshua Stone | jpstone@vims.edu | USA |