@misc{TangGladyshevDubovskayaetal.2014,
  author    = {Tang, Kam W. and Gladyshev, Michail I. and Dubovskaya, Olga P. and Kirillin, Georgiy and Grossart, Hans-Peter},
  title     = {Zooplankton carcasses and non-predatory mortality in freshwater and inland sea environments},
  series = {Journal of plankton research},
  volume    = {36},
  journal   = {Journal of plankton research},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0142-7873},
  doi       = {10.1093/plankt/fbu014},
  pages     = {597 -- 612},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Zooplankton carcasses are ubiquitous in marine and freshwater systems, implicating the importance of non-predatory mortality, but both are often overlooked in ecological studies compared with predatory mortality. The development of several microscopic methods allows the distinction between live and dead zooplankton in field samples, and the reported percentages of dead zooplankton average 11.6 (minimum) to 59.8 (maximum) in marine environments, and 7.4 (minimum) to 47.6 (maximum) in fresh and inland waters. Common causes of non-predatory mortality among zooplankton include senescence, temperature change, physical and chemical stresses, parasitism and food-related factors. Carcasses resulting from non-predatory mortality may undergo decomposition leading to an increase in microbial production and a shift in microbial composition in the water column. Alternatively, sinking carcasses may contribute significantly to vertical carbon flux especially outside the phytoplankton growth seasons, and become a food source for the benthos. Global climate change is already altering freshwater ecosystems on multiple levels, and likely will have significant positive or negative effects on zooplankton non-predatory mortality. Better spatial and temporal studies of zooplankton carcasses and non-predatory mortality rates will improve our understanding of this important but under-appreciated topic.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{GechevHilleWoerdenbagetal.2014,
  author    = {Gechev, Tsanko S. and Hille, Jacques and Woerdenbag, Herman J. and Benina, Maria and Mehterov, Nikolay and Toneva, Valentina and Fernie, Alisdair R. and M{\"u}ller-R{\"o}ber, Bernd},
  title     = {Natural products from resurrection plants: Potential for medical applications},
  series = {Biotechnology advances : an international review journal ; research reviews and patent abstracts},
  volume    = {32},
  journal   = {Biotechnology advances : an international review journal ; research reviews and patent abstracts},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0734-9750},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.03.005},
  pages     = {1091 -- 1101},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Resurrection species are a group of land plants that can tolerate extreme desiccation of their vegetative tissues during harsh drought stress, and still quickly often within hours regain normal physiological and metabolic functions following rehydration. At the molecular level, this desiccation tolerance is attributed to basal cellular mechanisms including the constitutive expression of stress-associated genes and high levels of protective metabolites present already in the absence of stress, as well as to transcriptome and metabolome reconfigurations rapidly occurring during the initial phases of drought stress. Parts of this response are conferred by unique metabolites, including a diverse array of sugars, phenolic compounds, and polyols, some of which accumulate to high concentrations within the plant cell. In addition to drought stress, these metabolites are proposed to contribute to the protection against other abiotic stresses and to an increased oxidative stress tolerance. Recently, extracts of resurrection species and particular secondary metabolites therein were reported to display biological activities of importance to medicine, with e.g. antibacterial, anticancer, antifungal, and antiviral activities, rendering them possible candidates for the development of novel drug substances as well as for cosmetics. Herein, we provide an overview of the metabolite composition of resurrection species, summarize the latest reports related to the use of natural products from resurrection plants, and outline their potential for medical applications. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{HepworthLenhard2014,
  author    = {Hepworth, Jo and Lenhard, Michael},
  title     = {Regulation of plant lateral-organ growth by modulating cell number and size},
  series = {Current opinion in plant biology},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {Current opinion in plant biology},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {1369-5266},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.pbi.2013.11.005},
  pages     = {36 -- 42},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Leaves and floral organs grow to distinct, species-specific sizes and shapes. Research over the last few years has increased our understanding of how genetic pathways modulate cell proliferation and cell expansion to determine these sizes and shapes. In particular, the timing of proliferation arrest is an important point of control for organ size, and work on the regulators involved is showing how this control is achieved mechanistically and integrates environmental information. We are also beginning to understand how growth differs in different organs to produce their characteristic shapes, and how growth is integrated between different tissues that make up plant organs. Lastly, components of the general machinery in eukaryotic cells have been identified as having important roles in growth control.},
  language  = {en}
}