New records of Erichsonella attenuata (Isopoda: Valvifera: Idoteidae)in the Gulf of Mexico
Erichsonella attenuata is an isopod species distributed in the Western Atlantic region of the Gulf of Mexico and is associated with sea-grass beds composed of Ruppia maritima, Halodule wrightii and Thalassia testudinum. In the Gulf of Mexico, this isopod
José Luis Bortolini-Rosales +2 more
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Dispersion of subsurface lagrangian drifters in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
The dispersion of subsurface Lagrangian floats by eddies was observed directly in DeSoto Canyon, located in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Key elements of dispersion include the capture and release of floats by variations in eddy structure and ...
Cathrine Hancock +4 more
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The Gulf of Mexico experiences frequent perturbations, both natural and anthropogenic. To better understand the impacts of these events, we must inventory natural variability within the ecosystem, communities, species, and populations, and contextualize ...
Laura E. Timm +4 more
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Simulated reduction of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico due to phosphorus limitation
Excess nutrient loading from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River system promotes the seasonal development of hypoxic bottom waters on the Louisiana shelf with detrimental effects on the benthic fauna.
Arnaud Laurent, Katja Fennel
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Four New Species of Zosimeidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico
As a part of ongoing efforts for monitoring benthic ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, Harpacticoid copepods were collected from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Jisu Yeom +2 more
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Water quality parameters from 2000 to 2020 were used to identify the spatial and temporal sulfate variations in estuaries of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Hang Yin, Xinping Hu, Larissa M. Dias
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The holoplanktonic mollusks (Pteropoda and Pterotrachoidea) in surface waters of the Campeche Canyon (southern Gulf of Mexico) during a winter storm (“Nortes”) season [PDF]
The holoplanktonic mollusks (Mollusca, Pteropoda and Pterotrachoidea) are independent and key groups of organisms in any marine ecosystem due to the role they play in the carbon and energy transfer along the marine trophic webs.
Zayra López-Cabello +5 more
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Marine and brackish-water molluscan biodiversity in the Gulf of California, Mexico
A database containing taxonomic, distributional and ecological data of 2194 species of marine molluscs (1528 Gastropoda, 565 Bivalvia, 59 Polyplacophora, 21 Scaphopoda, 20 Cephalopoda, and one Monoplacophora) known to the Gulf of California, Mexico, was ...
Michel E. Hendrickx +3 more
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First records of two species of snake eels, Aplatophis chauliodus and Ophichthus hyposagmatus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from Mexico [PDF]
We report herewith the presence of two species of rare snake eels, Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956 (499 mm in total length [TL]) and Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984 (486 mm TL), in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores +3 more
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An updated checklist of the benthic amphipods associated with soft bottoms in the SW Gulf of Mexico has been made and the areas of endemism have been identified. Amphipods were collected in a depth interval of 25 to 3700 m during six cruises from 1994 to
Ignacio Winfield +2 more
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