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1. Pond DW (1992) Protective-commensal mutualism between the queen scallop Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus) and the encrusting sponge Suberites. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 58: 127-134.

2. Pond DW, Priddle J, Sargent JR, Watkins JL, (1993) Lipid composition of Antarctic microplankton in relation to the nutrition of krill. Antarctic Special Topic. 133-139.

3. Pond DW, Watkins JL, Priddle J, Sargent JR (1995) Variation in the lipid content and composition of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 117:49-57.

4. Pond DW, Priddle J, Sargent JR, Watkins JL (1995) Laboratory studies of assimilation and egestion of algal lipid by Antarctic krill - methods and initial results. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 187: 253-268.

5. Pond DW, Harris RP, Brownlee C (1995) A microinjection technique using a pH sensitive dye to determine the gut pH of Calanus helgolandicus. Marine Biology 123: 75-79.

6. Bell MV, Pond DW (1996) Lipid composition during growth of motile and coccolith forms of Emiliania huxleyi. Phytochemistry. 41: 465-471.

7. Pond DW, Harris RP (1996) The lipid composition of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi and its possible ecophysiological significance. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 76: 579-594.

8. Pond DW, Harris RP, Head RN, Harbour D (1996) Environmental and nutritional factors determining seasonal variability in the fecundity and egg viability of Calanus helgolandicus in coastal waters off Plymouth, U.K. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 143: 45-63.

9. Bell MV, Dick JR, Pond DW (1997) Octadecapentanoic acid in a rapidiophyte algae, Heterisigma akashiwo. Phytochemistry. 45: 303-306.

10. Pond DW, Dixon DR, Sargent JR (1997) Wax-ester reserves facilitate dispersal of hydrothermal vent shrimps. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 146: 289-290.

11. Pond DW, Bell MV, Dixon DR, Sargent JR (1997) Occurrence of 16:2(n-4) and 18:2(n-4) fatty acids in the lipids of the hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata: nutritional and trophic implications. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 156: 167-174.

12. Pond DW, Segonzac M, Bell MV, Dixon DR, Fallick A, Sargent JR (1997) Lipid and lipid carbon stable isotope composition of the hydrothermal vent shrimp Mirocaris fortunata: evidence for nutritional dependence on photosynthetically-fixed carbon. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 157: 221-231.

13. Pond DW, Bell MV, Dixon DR, Fallick A, Segonzac M, Sargent JR (1998) Stable carbon isotope composition of fatty acids in hydrothermal vent mussels containing methanotrophic and thiotrophic bacterial endosymbionts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64: 370-375.

14. Pond DW, Bell MV, Harris RP, Sargent JR (1998). Phytoplankton polyunsaturated fatty acid markers: a mesocosm trial. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 46: 61-67.

15. Pond DW, Sargent JR (1998) The lipid composition of the pelagic tunicate, Dolioetta gegenbauri (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Journal of Plankton Research. 20: 169-174.

16. Fileman TW, Pond DW, Barlow RG, Mantoura RFC (1998). Evidence for undegraded diatomaceous material sedimenting to the deep ocean in the Bellingshausen Sea Antarctica. Deep Sea-Research I. 45: 333-346.

17. Barlow RG, Mantoura RFC, Cummings DG, Pond DW, Harris RP (1998) Evolution of phytoplankton pigments in nutrient controlled mesocosm experiments. Estuarine, Cosatal and Shelf Science. 46: 15-22.

18. Laabir M, Poulet SA, Harris RP, Pond DW, Cueff A, Head RN, Ianora A (1998) Comparative study of the reproduction of Calanus helgolandicus in well-mixed seasonally stratified coastal waters of the western English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research. 20: 169-174.

19. Head RN, Crawford DW, Egge J, Lesley D, Kristiansen S, Maranon E, Pond DW, Purdie D, Harris RP (1998) The hyrography and biology of a bloom of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in the Northern North Sea. Journal of Sea Research. 39: 255-266.

20. Dixon Dr, Dixon LRJ, Pond DW (1998) Recent advances in our understanding of the life history of bresiliid vent shrimps on the MAR. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 39: 383-386.

21. Pond DW, Sargent JR, Fallick AE, Copley C, Bell MV, Dixon DR (2000). 13C values of lipids from phototrophic zone microplankton and bathypelagic shrimps at the Azores sector of the mid-Atlantic ridge, Deep-Sea Research I. 47: 121-136.

22. Pond DW, Gebruk A, Southward EC, Southward AJ, Fallick AE, Bell MV, Sargent JR. (2000) Unusual fatty acid composition of storage lipids in the bresiliod shrimp Rimicaris exoculata couples the photic zone with MAR vent sites. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 198: 171-179.

23. Anderson TR, Pond DW (2000). Stoichiometric theory extended to micronutrients: comparison of the roles of essential fatty acids, carbon and nitrogen in the nutrition of marine copepods. Limnology and Oceanography. 45: 1162-1167.

24. Pond DW, Allen CE, Bell MV, Van Dover CL, Fallick AE, Dixon DR, Sargent JR On the origins of long-chain, polyunsaturated fatty acids in the hydrothermal vent worms, Ridgea piscesae and Protis hydrothermica. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 225: 219-226.

25. Irigoien et al. 2002 Copepod hatching success in marine ecosystems with high diatom concentrations. Nature. 419: 387-389.

26. Gooday AJ, Pond DW, Bowser SS (2002) Ecology and nutrition of the large agglutinated foraminiferan Bathysiphon capilliare in the bathyal NE Atlantic: distribution within the sediment profile and lipid biomarker composition. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 245: 69-82.

27. Suhr SB, Pond DW, Gooday AJ, Smith CR (2003) Selective feeding by benthic foraminifera on phytodetritus on the western Antarctic Peninsula shelf: evidence from fatty acid biomarker analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 262: 153-162.

28. Howell KL, Pond DW, Billet DSM, Tyler PA (2003) Feeding ecology of deep sea seastars (Echinodermata:asteroidea): a fatty acid-biomarker approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 255: 193-206.

29. Ward JN, Pond DW, Murray JW (2003) Feeding of benthic foraminifera on diatoms and sewage derived organic matter: an experimental application of lipid biomarker techniques. Marine Environmental Research. 56: 515-530.

30. Hudson IR, Pond DW, Billet SM, Tyler PA, Lampitt RS, Wolff GA (2004) Temporal variations in fatty acid composition of deep-sea holothurians: evidence of bentho-pelagic coupling. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 281: 109-120.

31. Staniland I, Pond DW. (2004) Variability in milk fatty acids: recreating a foraging trip to test dietary predictions in Antarctic fur seals. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82: 1099-1107.

32. Staniland I, Pond DW (2005) Investigating the use of milk fatty acids to detect
dietary changes: a comparison with faecal analysis in Antarctic fur seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 294: 283-294.

33. Pond DW, Atkinson A, Shreeve RS, Tarling G, Ward P. (2005) Diatom fatty acid biomarkers indicate recent growth rates in Antarctic krill. Limnology and Oceanography. 50: 732-736.

34. Ward P, Shreeve RS, Whitehouse MJ, Korb R, Atkinson A, Meredith MO, Pond DW, Watkins JL, Goss C, Cunningham N (2005) Phyto- and zooplankton community structure and production around South Georgia (Southern Ocean) during summer 2110/02. Deep-Sea Research. I. 52: 421-441.

35. Ward JN, Murray JW, Pond DW (2006) Sewage effects on the food sources and diet of benthic formainifera in oxic sediments; a mesocosm experiment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 329: 239-250.

36. Tarling GA, Shreeve RS, Hirst AG, Atkinosn A, Pond DW, Murphy EJ, Watkins JL (2006) Natural growth rates in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): I. Improving methodology and predicting intermoult period. Limnology and Oceanography. 51: 959-972.

37. Atkinson A, Shreeve RS, Hirst AG, Rothery P, Tarling GA, Pond DW, Korb R, Murphy EJ, Watkins JL (2006) Natural growth rates of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): II. Predictive models based on food, temperature, body length, sex and maturity stage. Limnology and Oceanography. 51: 973-987.

38. Pond DW, Leakey JG, Fallick AE. (2006) Monitoring microbial predator-prey interactions: an experimental study using fatty acid biomarker and compound specific stable isotope techniques. Journal of Plankton Research. 28: 419-427.

39. Suhr SB, Pond DW (2006) Antarctic benthic foraminifera facilitate rapid cycling of phytoplankton-derived organic carbon. Deep Sea Research II. 53: 895-902.

40. Schmidt K, Atkinson A, Petzke K, Voss M, Pond DW. (2006) Protozoans as a food source for Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba: Complementary insights from stomach content, fatty acids, and stable isotopes Limnolology and Oceanography. 51: 2409-2427.

41. Ward P, Shreeve RS, Atkinson A, Korb R, Whitehouse M, Thorpe SE, Pond DW, Cunningham N. (2006). Plankton community structure and variability in the Scotia Sea: austral summer 2003. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 309: 75-91.

42. Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: A review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web (2007). Murphy EJ, Watkins JL, Trathan P, Reid K, Meredith M, Thorpe S, Johnston N, Clarke A, Tarling G, Collins M, Forcada J, Shreeve R, Atkinson A, Korb R, Whitehouse M, Ward P, Enderlein P, Hirst A, Hill MS, Staniland I, Pond D, Briggs D, Cunningham N, Flemming A. Proceeding of the Royal Society B. 362: 113-148.

43. Bell MV, Dick JR, Anderson TR, Pond DW(2007) Application of liposomes and stable isotope tracer techniques to study polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in marine zooplankton. Journal of Plankton Research. 29:417-422.

44. Perspectives on marine zooplankton lipids (2007) Kattner G, Hagen W, Lee RF, Campbell R, Deibel D, Falk-Petersen S, Graeve M, Hansen BW, Hirche HJ, Jónasdóttir SH, Madsen ML, Mayzaud P, Müller-Navarra D, Nichols PD, Paffenhöfer GA, Pond DW, Saito H, Stübing D, Virtue P Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 64: 1628-1639.

45. Stevens CJ, Limén H, Pond DW, Gélinas Y, Juniper SK (2008) Ontogenetic shifts in the trophic ecology of two alvinocaridid shrimp species at hydrothermal vents on the Mariana Arc, western Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 356: 225-237.

46. Hilario A, Tyler PA, Pond DW (2008) A new method to determine the reproductive condition in female tubeworms tested in Seepiophila jonesi (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae: Vestimentifera) Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 88, 909-912.

47. Pond DW, Fallick AE, Stevens CJ, Morrison DJ, Dixon DR (2008) Vertebrate nutrition at deep sea hydrothermal vents: Fatty acid and stable isotope evidence. Deep Sea Research I. 55: 1718-1726.

48. Mayor DJ, Anderson TR, Pond DW, Irigoien X (2009) Egg production and associated losses of carbon, nitrogen and fatty acids from maternal biomass in Calanus finmarchicus before the spring bloom. Journal of Marine Systems. Journal of Marine Systems. 78: 505-510.

49. Mayor DJ, Anderson TR, Pond DW, Irigoien X (2009) Limitation of egg production in Calanus finmarchicus in the field: A stoichiometric analysis. Journal of Marine Systems. 78: 511-517.

50. Evans C, Pond DW, Wilson WH (2009) Changes in Emiliania huxleyi fatty acid profiles during infection with E. huxleyi virus 86: physiological and ecological implications. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 55: 219-228.

51. Stowasser, G, McAllen R, Pierce GJ, Collins MA, Moffat CF, Priede IG, Pond, DW (2009) Trophic position of deep-sea fish - assessment through fatty acid and stable isotope analyses. Deep-Sea Research Part I. 56: 812-826.

52. Stowasser, G, Pond DW, Collins, MA (2009) Using fatty acid analysis to elucidate the feeding habits of Southern Ocean mesopelagic fish. Marine Biology. 156: 2289-2302.

53. Pond DW, Ward P (2011) Importance of diatoms for Oithona in Antarctic waters. Journal of Plankton Research. 33:105-108.

54. Purac J, Pond DW, Grubor-Lajisc G, Blagjovic DP, Worland MR Clark MS. (2011) Cold hardening induces transfer of fatty acids between polar and non-polar lipid pools in the Arctic collembollan, Megaphorura arctica. Physiological Entomology. 36: 135-140.

55. Pond DW, Tarling GA. (2011) Phase transitions of wax esters adjust buoyancy in diapausing Calanoides acutus. Limnology and Oceanography. 56: 1310-1318.

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56. Schmidt K, Atkinson A , Steigenberger S, Fielding S, Lindsay MCM, Pond DW, Tarling GA, Klevjer TA, Allen CS, Nicol S, Achterberg EP. (2011) Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho-pelagic coupling and the vertical transfer of iron. Limnology and Oceanography. 56: 1411-1428

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57. Pond DW, Tarling GA, Ward P, Mayor D. (2012) Wax ester composition influences the diapause patterns in the copepod, Calanoides acutus. Deep-Sea Research II. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.009

58. Schmidt K, Atkinson A. Venables H, Pond DW.(2012)  Early spawning of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea is fuelled by superfluous feeding on non-ice associated phytoplankton blooms. Deep-Sea Research II. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.002

59. Clark KAJ, Brierley AS, Pond DW. (2012) Composition of wax esters is linked to diapause behaviour of Calanus finmarchicus in a sea loch environment. Limnology and Oceanography. 57: 65-75.

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60. Stowasser G, McGill RAR, Collins MA, Phillips RA, Atkinson A, Pond DW. (2012) Food web dynamics in the Scotia Sea in summer; a stable isotope study. Deep-Sea Research  doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.004

61. Whitehouse MJ, Korb RE, Atkinson A, Venables HJ, Gordon M, Pond DW.  (2012) Latitudinal gradients in primary production and phytoplankton stocks across the central Scotia Sea. Deep-Sea Research. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.010

62. Pond DW. The physical properties of lipids ands their role in controlling the distribution of zooplankton in the oceans. Journal of Plankton Research. Horizons. 34: 443-453.

In press

63 Pond DW, Tarling GA, Schmidt K, Everson I. Diet and growth rates of Meganyctiphanes norvegica in autumn. Marine Biology Research.

64. Letessier TB, Pond DW, McGill RAR, Reid WDK, Brierley AS. Trophic interaction of invertebrate micronekton on either side of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone / Subpolar Front of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Marine Systems.

Submitted

65. Stowasser G, Pond DW, Collins MA. Fatty acid trophic markers elucidate food partitioning within the demersal fish community of South Georgia. Marine Biology