Aim Assessing the spatial structure and dynamics of marine populations is still a major
challenge in ecology. The need to manage marine resources from ecosystem and large …

The spawning habitats of many large marine pelagic predators are poorly known. This lack
of knowledge hampers conservation efforts that are aimed at identifying critical habitats for …

Mesopelagic fishes are a key component acting as an important link between secondary
producers and upper trophic levels in oceanic ecosystems. The Kuroshio region is an …

Six summer surveys conducted from 2001 to 2005 and in 2012 by the Spanish Institute of
Oceanography (IEO) reveal that the hydrographic early summer scenarios around the …

The ecology of highly migratory marine species is tightly linked to dynamic oceanographic
processes occurring in the pelagic environment. Develo** and applying techniques to …

Ichthyoplankton surveys hold much potential for studying fish biodiversity, but challenges
and uncertainties in identification of early life stages and the drifting of planktonic eggs and …

Despite being well adapted for feeding in cold water on their North Atlantic feeding grounds,
Atlantic bluefin tuna undertake long migrations to reach warm, low productivity spawning …

The diel vertical distribution of fish larvae off the Balearic Islands during late autumn and
summer was analysed in relation to the environmental conditions. Four fixed sampling …

Larvae of mesopelagic fishes usually dominate in oceanic larval fish assemblages, but
detailed investigations of their ecology are limited and thus preclude full assessment of the …

Biodiversity enhances the productivity and stability of marine ecosystems and provides
important ecosystem services. The aim of this study was to characterize larval fish …