Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Highly Impacted Water Column: The Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater HorizonTracey T. Sutton, Heather Bracken-Grissom, Jose V. Lopez, Michael Vecchione, Marsh J. Youngbluth |
Contents
Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Highly Impacted Water Column The Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon | 5 |
Comparative Population Genomics and Biophysical Modeling of Shrimp Migration in the Gulf of Mexico Reveals CurrentMediated Connectivity | 10 |
Dispersion Overrides Environmental Variability as a Primary Driver of the Horizontal Assemblage Structure of the Mesopelagic Fish Family Myctop... | 26 |
Oceanographic Structure and Light Levels Drive Patterns of Sound Scattering Layers in a LowLatitude Oceanic System | 39 |
The Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of DeepSea Crustaceans in the Order Euphausiacea in the Vicinity of the DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill | 54 |
Vertical Distribution Patterns of Cephalopods in the Northern Gulf of Mexico | 68 |
Temporal Variability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in DeepSea Cephalopods of the Northern Gulf of Mexico | 85 |
Stomiidae in the Gulf of Mexico | 95 |
Pelagic Habitat Partitioning of LateLarval and Juvenile Tunas in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico | 112 |
Elopomorph Larvae Are Important Contributors to Fish Biodiversity in a LowLatitude Oceanic Ecosystem | 125 |
Combined eDNA and Acoustic Analysis Reflects Diel Vertical Migration of Mixed Consortia in the Gulf of Mexico | 138 |
Links to Oceanographic Conditions | 151 |
Trophic Structure and Sources of Variation Influencing the Stable Isotope Signatures of Meso and Bathypelagic Micronekton Fishes | 168 |
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate DeepPelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico Following Deepwater Horizon | 183 |
Back Cover | 196 |
Common terms and phrases
815N values abundance acoustic analysis assemblage Atlantic atlanticus backscatter bathypelagic biodiversity Biol biomass cephalopods chlorophyll collected Common Water composition copepods cruises dataset Day Night Deep Sea Res deep-pelagic DEEPEND Deepwater Horizon oil depth diel vertical migration diversity DWHOS dynamics Ecol ecology ecosystems eddies eDNA environment environmental epipelagic zone euphausiid Eustomias fauna females Figure FWNA genetic Gulf of Mexico habitat Hopkins Horizon oil spill individuals isotopic Judkins juvenile larvae LCOW leptocephali leptocephalus Loop Current marine mesopelagic fishes mesopelagic zone mesoscale Mexico Research Initiative micronekton midwater mixed layer MOCNESS myctophid Nekton non-migrators northern GoM northern Gulf ocean Oceanogr oceanographic features offshore ONSAP ontogenic shift PAHs patterns pelagic plankton population reproductive robusta samples scombrids significantly sound scattering layers spatial spawning specimens stations Stomiidae stomiids structure Stylocheiron Supplementary Table Sutton taxa taxonomic Thunnus trawl trophic tuna upper mesopelagic variables Vecchione vertical distribution water column zooplankton