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Importance of the Lunar Cycle on Mesopelagic Foraging by Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Upwelling Area of the Strait of Messina (Central Mediterranean Sea)

Animals, 2022
The influence of the lunar cycle on bluefin tuna foraging in the upwelling area of the Strait of Messina was investigated by exploring trophic interaction with mesopelagic fish and cephalopod prey.
Pietro Battaglia, Cristina Pedà, Danilo Malara, Giacomo Milisenda, Brian R. MacKenzie, Valentina Esposito, Pierpaolo Consoli, Teresa Manuela Vicchio, Maria Giulia Stipa, Luca Pagano, Francesco Longo, Teresa Romeo   +11 more
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Taxonomic Richness and Diversity of Larval Fish Assemblages in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico: Links to Oceanographic Conditions

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Biodiversity enhances the productivity and stability of marine ecosystems and provides important ecosystem services. The aim of this study was to characterize larval fish assemblages in pelagic waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGoM) and identify ...
Corinne R. Meinert, Kimberly Clausen-Sparks, Maëlle Cornic, Tracey T. Sutton, Jay R. Rooker, Jay R. Rooker   +5 more
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Evidence of temperature control on mesopelagic fish and zooplankton communities at high latitudes

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Across temperate and equatorial oceans, a diverse community of fish and zooplankton occupies the mesopelagic zone, where they are detectable as sound-scattering layers. At high latitudes, extreme day-night light cycles may limit the range of some species,
Julek Chawarski, Thor A. Klevjer, David Coté, Maxime Geoffroy, Maxime Geoffroy   +4 more
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Biogeography of the Global Ocean’s Mesopelagic Zone [PDF]

Current Biology, 2017
The global ocean's near surface can be partitioned into distinct provinces on the basis of regional primary productivity and oceanography [1]. This ecological geography provides a valuable framework for understanding spatial variability in ecosystem function but has relevance only partway into the epipelagic zone (the top 200 m). The mesopelagic (200-1,
Proud, Roland, Cox, Martin James, Brierley, Andrew S.   +2 more
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate Deep-Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico Following Deepwater Horizon

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
The pelagic Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is a complex system of dynamic physical oceanography (western boundary current, mesoscale eddies), high biological diversity, and community integration via diel vertical migration and lateral advection.
April B. Cook, Andrea M. Bernard, Kevin M. Boswell, Heather Bracken-Grissom, Marta D’Elia, Sergio deRada, Cole G. Easson, Cole G. Easson, David English, Ron I. Eytan, Tamara Frank, Chuanmin Hu, Matthew W. Johnston, Heather Judkins, Chad Lembke, Jose V. Lopez, Rosanna J. Milligan, Jon A. Moore, Jon A. Moore, Bradley Penta, Nina M. Pruzinsky, John A. Quinlan, Travis M. Richards, Isabel C. Romero, Mahmood S. Shivji, Michael Vecchione, Max D. Weber, R. J. David Wells, Tracey T. Sutton   +28 more
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Living in darkness: functional diversity of mesopelagic fishes in the western tropical Atlantic

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Mesopelagic zones (200–1,000-m depth) are characterized by relatively low light levels, cold waters, and often limited oxygen, forming a stable yet challenging habitat for their inhabitants.
Kátia Cristina Aparecido, Kátia Cristina Aparecido, Thierry Frédou, Leandro Nolé Eduardo, Michael Maia Mincarone, Michael Maia Mincarone, Rayssa Siqueira Lima, Maria Fernanda da Silva Morais, Bastien Mérigot   +8 more
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Oxygen minimum zone: An important oceanographic habitat for deep-diving northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris. [PDF]

, 2017
Little is known about the foraging behavior of top predators in the deep mesopelagic ocean. Elephant seals dive to the deep biota-poor oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) (>800 m depth) despite high diving costs in terms of energy and time, but how they ...
Adachi, Taiki, Costa, Daniel P, Mitani, Yoko, Naito, Yasuhiko, Peterson, Sarah H, Robinson, Patrick W, Takahashi, Akinori   +6 more
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Integrated Space-Time Dataset Reveals High Diversity and Distinct Community Structure of Ciliates in Mesopelagic Waters of the Northern South China Sea

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Little is known about diversity distribution and community structure of ciliates in mesopelagic waters, especially how they are related to spatial and temporal changes.
Ping Sun, Ping Sun, Liying Huang, Dapeng Xu, Alan Warren, Bangqin Huang, Ying Wang, Lei Wang, Wupeng Xiao, Jie Kong   +9 more
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Nitrogen supply in the upwelling of mid-west region of the South China Sea: The case of mesopelagic fishes

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Coastal upwelling zone hosts most fishing grounds worldwide and nitrogen dynamics in those systems mainly have been addressed through the nutrients replenished the ecosystem.
Fuqiang Wang, Ying Wu, Zuozhi Chen, Jun Zhang   +3 more
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Differences in the trophic ecology of micronekton driven by diel vertical migration. [PDF]

, 2019
Many species of micronekton perform diel vertical migrations (DVMs), which ultimately contributes to carbon export to the deep sea. However, not all micronekton species perform DVM, and the nonmigrators, which are often understudied, have different ...
Angel M. V., Clarke T. A., Cohen J., Lancraft T., Pearcy W. G., Team R. C., Vinogradov M. E.   +6 more
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