Dining in the deep: the feeding ecology of deep-sea fishes

JC Drazen, TT Sutton - Annual review of marine science, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Deep-sea fishes inhabit∼ 75% of the biosphere and are a critical part of deep-sea food
webs. Diet analysis and more recent trophic biomarker approaches, such as stable isotopes …

The trophodynamics of marine top predators: current knowledge, recent advances and challenges

JW Young, BPV Hunt, TR Cook, JK Llopiz… - Deep Sea Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
We review present understanding of the spatial and temporal diet variability
(trophodynamics) of a range of pelagic marine top predators, at both early and adult life …

Deep pelagic food web structure as revealed by in situ feeding observations

CA Choy, SHD Haddock… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Food web linkages, or the feeding relationships between species inhabiting a shared
ecosystem, are an ecological lens through which ecosystem structure and function can be …

Trophic position estimates of marine teleosts using amino acid compound specific isotopic analysis

CJ Bradley, NJ Wallsgrove, CA Choy… - Limnology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing use of trophic position (TP) for assessing and describing ecosystems has
resulted in the emergence of novel techniques for accurate and accessible measurements …

Towards a North Pacific Ocean long-term monitoring program for plastic pollution: A review and recommendations for plastic ingestion bioindicators

MS Savoca, S Kühn, CJ Sun, S Avery-Gomm… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine debris is now a ubiquitous component of the Anthropocene global ocean. Plastic
ingestion by marine wildlife was first reported in the 1960s and since that time, roughly one …

Trophic structure and food resources of epipelagic and mesopelagic fishes in the N orth P acific S ubtropical G yre ecosystem inferred from nitrogen isotopic …

CA Choy, BN Popp, CCS Hannides… - Limnology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We used bulk tissue δ13C and δ15N values and δ15N values of individual amino acids (AA)
to characterize the trophic structure of a pelagic fish assemblage from the North Pacific …

Trophic ecology, habitat, and migratory behaviour of the viperfish Chauliodus sloani reveal a key mesopelagic player

LN Eduardo, F Lucena-Frédou, MM Mincarone… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mesopelagic fishes are numerically the most important vertebrate group of all world's
oceans. While these species are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic activities, basic …

Prevalence of microplastics and anthropogenic debris within a deep-sea food web

BM Hamilton, CM Rochman, TJ Hoellein… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Microplastic particles (< 5 mm) are ubiquitous throughout global marine ecosystems,
including the deep sea. Ingestion of microplastics and other anthropogenic microparticles is …

Growth and reproduction in mesopelagic fishes: a literature synthesis

PE Caiger, LS Lefebve, JK Llopiz - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The mesopelagic zone covers a vast expanse of the World's oceans and contains some of
the most abundant vertebrates on the planet. This midwater region is central to the transfer …

[HTML][HTML] Potential spatial intersection between high-seas fisheries and deep-sea mining in international waters

JMA Van Der Grient, JC Drazen - Marine Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Interest in the mining of polymetallic nodules, sulfide deposits, and ferromanganese crusts in
the deep sea is growing. While the impacts of deep-sea mining on benthic systems are …