Bluefin larvae in Oligotrophic Ocean Foodwebs, investigations of nutrients to zooplankton: overview of the BLOOFINZ-Gulf of Mexico program

T Gerard, JT Lamkin, TB Kelly, AN Knapp… - Journal of Plankton …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Western Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) undertake long-distance migrations from rich feeding
grounds in the North Atlantic to spawn in oligotrophic waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) …

Improving stable isotope assessments of inter‐and intra‐species variation in coral reef fish trophic strategies

JD Cybulski, C Skinner, Z Wan, CKM Wong… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fish have one of the highest occurrences of individual specialization in trophic strategies
among Eukaryotes. Yet, few studies characterize this variation during trophic niche analysis …

Differential larval growth strategies and trophodynamics of larval Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from two discrete spawning grounds

E Malca, JM Quintanilla, T Gerard… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT), Thunnus thynnus, is a globally important fishery resource. This
oceanic top predator undertakes long-distance migrations from its nutrient-rich feeding …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of isotopic maternal transmission influence on bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larval growth

JM Quintanilla, E Malca, J Lamkin, A García… - Marine environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pre-flexion stages of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larvae were collected in 2014
during the peak of spawning in the two main spawning areas: Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and …

Pre-spawning habitat use of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) inferred from stable isotope analysis

JM Logan, AS Wozniak, JL Varela, A Robertson - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT; Thunnus thynnus) spawn primarily in the Gulf of Mexico and
Mediterranean Sea, but migrate to foraging habitats throughout the North Atlantic where they …

Trade-offs between risks of predation and starvation in larvae make the shelf break an optimal spawning location for Atlantic Bluefin tuna

TA Shropshire, SL Morey, EP Chassignet… - Journal of Plankton …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT)(Thunnus thynnus) travel long distances to spawn in oligotrophic
regions of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) which suggests these regions offer some unique benefit …

Amino acid nitrogen and carbon isotope data: Potential and implications for ecological studies

HY Yun, T Larsen, B Choi, EJ Won… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Explaining food web dynamics, stability, and functioning depend substantially on
understanding of feeding relations within a community. Bulk stable isotope ratios (SIRs) in …

Plankton food webs in the oligotrophic Gulf of Mexico spawning grounds of Atlantic bluefin tuna

MR Stukel, T Gerard, TB Kelly, AN Knapp… - Journal of Plankton …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We used linear inverse ecosystem modeling techniques to assimilate data from extensive
Lagrangian field experiments into a mass-balance constrained food web for the Gulf of …

Influence of food quality on larval growth of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Mexico

E Malca, T Shropshire, MR Landry… - Journal of Plankton …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Larval abundances of Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) in the Gulf of Mexico are currently utilized
to inform future recruitment by providing a proxy for the spawning potential of western ABT …

Errors associated with compound‐specific δ15N analysis of amino acids in preserved fish samples purified by high‐pressure liquid chromatography

R Swalethorp, L Aluwihare… - Limnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Compound‐specific isotopic analysis of amino acids (CSIA‐AA) is increasingly used in
ecological and biogeochemical studies tracking the origin and fate of nitrogen (N). Its …