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
- The elemental building blocks of the mesopelagic community
- Genetical analyses of oceanic squids
- The microbial food web – a key player in the ocean
- Emergent global biogeography of marine fish food webs
- JETZON – an introduction
- 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
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In a recently published research paper, scientists performed analyses of the DNA of oceanic squid. This method helped solve some -
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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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Did you know that sperm whales' main diet is mesopelagic creatures? Their favorite meal is mesopelagic squid. Sperm whales (Physeter -
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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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What can ocean productivity and seafloor depth tell us about the geographical distribution of different types of fish? A lot, -
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Fish feces fun fact! Studies on fish feces have shown that the sinking speed of fish poop for certain species -
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Strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) may look like a tentacled strawberry due to the photophore pattern on its body, but aside -
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Within the worlds oceans, including the #mesopelagic zone, #microbial organisms such as viruses and bacteria contribute to the recycling of -
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What can floating #DNA particles in the ocean tell us about fish behaviour? Recently, scientists at AZTI sampled ocean water -
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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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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 does mesopelagic organisms consist of? And how does the elemental composition differ among species living in the mesopelagic -
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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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Salps are barrel-shaped, free-floating tunicates. #Tunicates are named after their unique covering "tunic", acting as an exoskeleton, which in #salps -
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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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The glacier lanternfish, or Benthosema glaciale is the most common species of #lanternfish (Myctophidae) in the mesopelagic zone in the -
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Happy World Ocean Day! For all ocean creatures, epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic and others, we hope this day raises awareness and -
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The microbial food web may consist of small individuals, but together their combined power turns them into key players in -
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JETZON is the Joint Exploration of the Twilight Zone Ocean Network, endorsed by the United Nations #OceanDecade ! SUMMER is one -
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What is the "shadow zone" in the ocean? ️♀️ This is the zone in which the oxygen content in the