[HTML][HTML] Deep-sea fisheries as resilient bioeconomic systems for food and nutrition security and sustainable development

A Gatto, ER Sadik-Zada, S Özbek, H Kieu… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
The frequent deterioration of coastal fisheries has resulted in a need to nourish the world's
rapidly expanding population, contributing to a substantial shift toward fishing in the …

Large deep-sea zooplankton biomass mirrors primary production in the global ocean

S Hernández-León, R Koppelmann… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The biological pump transports organic carbon produced by photosynthesis to the meso-and
bathypelagic zones, the latter removing carbon from exchanging with the atmosphere over …

Model estimates of metazoans' contributions to the biological carbon pump

J Pinti, T DeVries, T Norin, C Serra-Pompei… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
The daily vertical migrations of fish and other metazoans actively transport organic carbon
from the ocean surface to depth, contributing to the biological carbon pump. We use an …

Oceanographic structure and light levels drive patterns of sound scattering layers in a low-latitude oceanic system

KM Boswell, M D'Elia, MW Johnston… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Several factors have been reported to structure the spatial and temporal patterns of sound
scattering layers, including temperature, oxygen, salinity, light, and physical oceanographic …

[HTML][HTML] Daily vertical distribution and diet of Cyclothone braueri (Gonostomatidae) in the Polcevera submarine canyon (Ligurian Sea, north-western Mediterranean)

A Granata, A Bergamasco, G Zagami… - Deep Sea Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite its abundance, the role of Cyclothone braueri in intermediate mesopelagic food
webs has been poorly investigated, notably its trophic behaviour in areas characterized by …

Acoustic characterization of fish and macroplankton communities in the Seychelles-Chagos thermocline ridge of the southwest Indian ocean

M Kang, S Oh, W Oh, DJ Kang, SH Nam… - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we describe the dynamics of the sound scattering layers (SSLs), particularly
those of fish and macroplankton communities in the epipelagic layer, in the Seychelles …

Application of an unsupervised clustering algorithm on in situ broadband acoustic data to identify different mesopelagic target types

MD Agersted, B Khodabandeloo, Y Liu… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The mesopelagic zone (200–1000 m depth) contains high fish species diversity but
biomass and abundances are uncertain yet essential to understand ecosystem functioning …

Swimbladder properties of Cyclothone spp. in the northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Western Mediterranean Sea

AN Sarmiento-Lezcano, MP Olivar… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Non-migratory bristlemouth fishes (Cyclothone spp.) are the most abundant vertebrates on
Earth and play an important role in the biological carbon pump by remineralizing organic …

Trophic interactions drive the emergence of diel vertical migration patterns: a game-theoretic model of copepod communities

J Pinti, T Kiørboe, UH Thygesen… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Diel vertical migration (DVM), the daily movement of organisms through oceanic water
columns, is mainly driven by spatio-temporal variations in the light affecting the intensity of …

Decreased resting and nursing in short-finned pilot whales when exposed to louder petrol engine noise of a hybrid whale-watch vessel

P Arranz, M Glarou, KR Sprogis - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Vessel noise is a primary driver of behavioural disturbance in cetaceans, which are targeted
during whale-watch activities. Despite the growing, global effort for implementing best …