Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources
SUMMER will establish a protocol to accurately estimate mesopelagic fish biomass, quantify the ecosystem services provided by the mesopelagic community (food, climate regulation and potential for bioactive compounds) and develop a decision support tool to measure the trade-offs between the different services.
LATEST NEWS
- Do cetaceans eat mesopelagic organisms?
- Using environmental DNA to study the behavior and ecology of deep sea fish!
- New Equipment for Sampling the Mesopelagic zone
- The Ocean Twilight Zone – Infographic
- Why open data are great – and necessary
- On causality or science behind the papers
- 5 Facts About Mesopelagic Fish!
- Have you ever heard about BARNA, and its role in the SUMMER project?
- Possibilities and limitations of opportunistic sampling of the mesopelagic layer
- Why one of the superpredators known as Bluefin tuna prefers to spawn in an area considered as a marine desert and why it is great for the SUMMER project?
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Why is open data so important and necessary for great science? This question is especially relevant for the worlds ocean, -
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You've probably hear of krill; small shrimp-like crustaceans that float around and filter-feed on #phytoplankton (algae, diatoms) and sometimes predate -
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The #summerh2020 project is key to the fisheries of the future. Our partners at AZTI have recently written an article -
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Scientists found that mesopelagic fishes placement in the ocean column correlated with the waters oxygen contents. However, correlation and causality -
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The giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) is an extremely strange and beautiful serpent-like seacreature. This fish makes its home in the -
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Siphonophores are colonial jelly-like creatures, related to, but not to be mistaken for, jellyfish! A #siphonophore may look like a -
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Have you heard of the vampire squid? ♂️ The small cephalopod - Vampyroteuthis infernalis is a #deepseacreature which resides in -
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Want to see the #mesopelagiczone for yourself? Lay your eyes upon this amazing infographic which was created for the SUMMER -
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What is the "shadow zone" in the ocean? ️♀️ This is the zone in which the oxygen content in the -
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Lanternfish (Myctophids) are small #mesopelagic fish belonging to the large family Myctophidae. There are over 246 species of #lanternfish , and -
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When thinking of deep sea fish, the first creature that comes to mind is likely the #anglerfish , with a sharp -
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The Hatchetfish has a different body than "normal" fish in the mesopelagic zone. They are very thin, and have long -
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Do whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) eat mesopelagic organisms? Find out in our latest blogpost on our website, link in bio! -
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5 Facts About Mesopelagic Fish! #SINTEF Ocean has written December's blogpost on the #summerh2020 webpage (link in bio) - containing -
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Previously, the ocean has been studied in layers with most of the efforts being led at the epipelagic zone, the -
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What is small, silver, and lives in the mesopelagic zone? ️♂️ The fish species Mueller's pearlside (Maurolicus muelleri), of course! -
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Keep an eye out for #mesopelagic species the following weeks! . . . #deepseacreatures #deepsea #summerh2020 #deepseafish #deepseabiology #mesopelagicfish #mesopelagiczone -
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In this months blogpost, The University of St Andrews showcase their "Seaquest DSV", a sonar and visual sampler meant for -
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Did you know most mesopelagic organisms produce their own light through a process called bioluminescence? ✨ Bioluminescence is extremely normal -
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What can floating #DNA particles in the ocean tell us about fish behaviour? Recently, scientists at AZTI sampled ocean water