A new species of baleen whale (Balaenoptera) from the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of its geographic distribution

PE Rosel, LA Wilcox, TK Yamada… - Marine Mammal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bryde's‐like whales are a complex of medium‐sized baleen whales that occur in tropical
waters of all three major ocean basins. Currently, a single species of Bryde's whale …

How did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact deep-sea ecosystems?

CR Fisher, PA Montagna, TT Sutton - Oceanography, 2016 - JSTOR
Approximately 90% of the volume of the Gulf of Mexico is contained in water deeper than
200 m, a region where the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout had more impact on …

Vertical distribution, diversity and assemblages of mesopelagic fishes in the western Mediterranean

MP Olivar, A Bernal, B Molí, M Peña, R Balbín… - Deep Sea Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
The mesopelagic fish community of the western Mediterranean was studied during two
cruises carried out in December 2009 and July 2010 in the shelf and slope zones around …

Mesopelagic fishes across the tropical and equatorial Atlantic: biogeographical and vertical patterns

MP Olivar, PA Hulley, A Castellón, M Emelianov… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this investigation we analysed the changes in fish species occurrences and relative
abundances across the tropical and equatorial Atlantic, and their vertical distribution …

Decadal assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesopelagic fishes from the Gulf of Mexico reveals exposure to oil-derived sources

IC Romero, T Sutton, B Carr… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
This study characterizes a decadal assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
in the muscle tissues of mesopelagic fish species as indicators of the environmental health …

Trophic structure of mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Mexico revealed by gut content and stable isotope analyses

JP McClain‐Counts, AWJ Demopoulos… - Marine Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mesopelagic fishes represent an important component of the marine food web due to their
global distributions, high abundances and ability to transport organic material throughout a …

Temperature tolerance of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa from the southeastern United States

S Brooke, SW Ross, JM Bane, HE Seim… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2013 - Elsevier
Water temperature may be a primary exogenous determinant of deep-sea coral distributions.
The upper thermal threshold for survival of the deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus …

Trophic structure of mesopelagic fishes in the western Mediterranean based on stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen

M Valls, MP Olivar, MLF De Puelles, B Molí… - Journal of Marine …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mesopelagic fishes play an important role in the transfer of organic material in the photic
zone to depth although the trophodynamic partitioning amongst co-existing and presumably …

Distribution and diel vertical migration of mesopelagic fishes in the Southern Sargasso Sea—observations through hydroacoustics and stratified catches

L Marohn, M Schaber, M Freese, JD Pohlmann… - Marine Biodiversity, 2021 - Springer
Vertical distribution patterns and relative abundance of mesopelagic fish species and other
major taxonomic groups were investigated through vertically stratified trawl sampling and …

Natural variability in seawater temperature compromises the metabolic performance of a reef-forming cold-water coral with implications for vulnerability to ongoing …

CE Gómez, A Gori, AM Weinnig, A Hallaj, HJ Chung… - Coral reefs, 2022 - Springer
Seawater temperature is one of the main variables that determines cold-water coral
distribution worldwide. As part of an initiative to explore new areas of deep-sea habitats …