A simplified surface food web based on [65], with floating species in the grey box, which may be preyed upon similarly by large predators (though see [65,66] for distinguishing features of each species).
Images of Mola mola, Laysan albatross, hawksbill sea turtle, and sooty shearwater from Wikimedia Commons.
Images of Glaucus marginatus, Janthina umbilicata, Dosima fascicularis, Physalia sp., Velella sp., and Porpita sp. by Denis Riek.
Image of copepod from [67], image of fish eggs from [68], image of young sailfish by Linda Ianniello.
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