Assessment of mesopelagic fauna from cabled fjord-observatories
The mesopelagic zone by definition is out of reach for most types of direct observation. Yet, Norwegian fjords offer unique opportunities facilitating mesopelagic studies. They are deep, house mesopelagic fauna, and are easily accessible. [...]
The website by our “sister project” MEESO is up!
The website by our "sister project" MEESO is up! Visit it here! The MEESO research project aims at filling in major knowledge gaps on mesopelagic organisms living deep in the oceans and at evaluating [...]
The SUMMERH2020 Annual General Meeting for the interdisciplinary project
The SUMMERH2020 annual meeting for the interdisciplinary project on mesopelagic sustainable fishing is underway - this time on Microsoft Teams, coordinated by AZTI, Raul Prellezo and Xabier Irigoien. Due to covid-19 restrictions we could [...]
Pumping carbon
The ocean plays a major role in regulating the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide can be dissolved in seawater and carried to depth by ocean currents (the solubility carbon pump) [...]
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New paper linked to SUMMER H2020 published “Variability in Water-Column Respiration and Its Dependence on Organic Carbon Sources in the Canary Current Upwelling Region” GalleryNew paper linked to SUMMER H2020 published “Variability in Water-Column Respiration and Its Dependence on Organic Carbon Sources in the Canary Current Upwelling Region”
New paper linked to SUMMER H2020 published “Variability in Water-Column Respiration and Its Dependence on Organic Carbon Sources in the Canary Current Upwelling Region”
Javier Arístegui, together with Montero, M. F., Hernández-Hernández, N., Alonso-González, I. J., Baltar, F., Calleja, M. L., & Duarte, C. M. (2020) have written and published the paper: "Variability in water-column respiration and its [...]
Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean
FAO have produced the mesopelagic fish guide and has been published online, you find it here! This identification guide was conceived and supported by the EAF-Nansen Programme “Supporting the Application of the Ecosystem Approach [...]
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How to acknowledge SUMMER in your publications?
When acknowledging SUMMER in your publications, following (including the flag) is what needs to be included; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No [...]
Role of mesopelagics to top predators
Mesopelagic organisms are important prey for many commercially valuable species (e.g. tuna, swordfish, squid) and charismatic megafauna (e.g. marine mammals, seabirds, pelagic sharks). Many of these top predators dive into the mesopelagic zone to [...]
Newest article about Institutional nuts and bolts for a mesopelagic fishery in Norway
Some of the SUMMER participants - Eduardo Grimaldo and Dag Standal are authors on a newly released article in Science Direct - Marine Policy with the title "Institutional nuts and bolts for a mesopelagic [...]
Delayed SUMMER studies in the North East Atlantic and the Mediterranean
This month, May 2020, the St Andrews team was supposed to be in the final stages of preparation for going to sea on the SUMMER voyage on the Spanish Research Vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa [...]
Newest article about the Twilight Zone – also in Nature
© scaliger / Adobe Stock Some of the the SUMMER participants - Adrian Martin, Xabier Irigoien and Sari Giering, are authors on a newly hot-off-the-press article in Nature on the Twilight Zone [...]
Mesopelagic species as Omega-3 fatty acid providers
Omega-3 (Docosahexaenoic acid -DHA- and eicosapentaenoic acid -EPA-) provides benefits on health for humans and animals in general. EPA and DHA are essential for proper fetal development and healthy aging. Global recommendation for these [...]
Twilight Zone Article in Nature
Photo credit: Adobe stock (standard license) In February 2020, an article about ongoing efforts to do research on the importance of the mesopelagic zone - or the Twilight Zone - was published [...]
THE COLOUR OF MESOPELAGIC SPECIES
MEESO will identify and develop products for the human food chain from on board and on shore processing. This includes evaluating the potential of the species for biotechnological applications. Food safety aspects and condition [...]
MESOPELAGIC SPECIES
The mesopelagic ecosystem will equip at depths of between 200 and 1000 meters, and the amount of mesopelagic fish species in this zone is estimated to be in the order of billions of tonnes. [...]
TWILIGHT ZONE
What is the mesopelagic zone you may wonder? In short, the mesopelagic zone is a region of the ocean with insufficient light for photosynthesis, but sufficient for vision (200-1000 m depth). It is part [...]