The water column of the deep ocean is dark, cold, low in food, and under crushing
pressures, yet it is full of diverse life. Due to its enormous volume, this mesopelagic zone is …

Abstract Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico Research
Initiative (GOMRI) has studied the oil spill from the perspectives of ocean environment …

To better understand spatiotemporal variation in the trophic structure of deep-pelagic
species, we examined the isotope values of particulate organic matter (POM)(isotopic …

Oceanic diel vertical migration (DVM) constitutes the daily movement of various
mesopelagic organisms migrating vertically from depth to feed in shallower waters and …

Several factors have been reported to structure the spatial and temporal patterns of sound
scattering layers, including temperature, oxygen, salinity, light, and physical oceanographic …

Abstract The Gulf of Mexico's (GOM) deep-pelagic realm is one of the planet's most speciose
pelagic ecoregions, but detailed knowledge of ecosystem structure and function is lacking …

This letter presents the design of a control strategy for an autonomous buoyancy-driven
underwater vehicle, called the Driftcam, tasked with estimating and tracking the pelagic …

Temporal distributions of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) density and aggregation types
were characterized and compared using Nortek Signature100 and SIMRAD Wideband …

The deep-pelagic ocean is the largest but least studied ecosystem on Earth. As natural
resource extraction and fisheries expand into the deep pelagic, there is increased need for …

Because of their filter-feeding lifestyle, sponges (Phylum Porifera) have shown to be bio-
accumulators of heavy metals, and bio-monitors for polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) contaminants …