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Cover: Close-up of a coral (Galaxea fascicularis) externally digesting brine shrimp. Feeding on zooplankton is an important means of nutrient acquisition for scleractinian corals. This is especially true during periods of coral bleaching, when corals lose their zooxanthellae and are no longer sustained by the nutrients these symbiotic algae provide. Although nutrient inputs from zooplankton feeding have been the focus of research for years, so far research has been limited to quantifying ingested prey. A new study by Wijgerde et al. (pp. 3351-3357) now shows that external feeding on plankton can provide the bulk of heterotrophically acquired nutrients. Photo credit: Tim Wijgerde. - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
Announcing the 2024 JEB Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner
Every year JEB celebrates early-career researchers through the Outstanding Paper Prize. We recognise the shortlisted ECRS that contributed to 11 remarkable studies published in 2024 and congratulate the winner, Elise Laetz, from University of Groningen. See how else JEB supports and promotes ECRs.
Inside the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with Hans-Otto Pörtner
During the past two decades, Hans-Otto Pörtner has steered climate change policy as a co-Chair of IPCC Working Group II. He tells us about the experience in this Perspective.
Photosynthesis turns symbiotic sea anemone's tentacles toward sun
Snakelocks sea anemones point their tentacles, packed with symbiotic algae, toward the sun so their lodgers can photosynthesize, and now Vengamanaidu Modepalli & colleagues have discovered that photosynthesis by the algae guides their host's tentacles towards the sun.
History of our journals
As our publisher, The Company of Biologists, turns 100 years old, read about JEB’s history and explore the journey of each of our sister journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
