Fishes are the dominant vertebrates in the ocean, yet we know little of their contribution to
carbon export flux at regional to global scales. We synthesize the existing information on fish …

Biomass distribution and energy flow in ecosystems are traditionally described with trophic
pyramids, and increasingly with size spectra, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. Here, we …

The natural mortality of exploited fish populations is often assumed to be a species‐specific
constant independent of body size. This assumption has important implications for size …

Managing natural resources in an era of increasing climate impacts requires accounting for
the synergistic effects of climate, ecosystem changes, and harvesting on resource …

The random forest (RF) model is a powerful machine learning technique that has been
increasingly used for species distribution modeling (SDM) by ecologists and fisheries …

The size of an individual organism is a key trait to characterize its physiology and feeding
ecology. Size-based scaling laws may have a limited size range of validity or undergo a …

Fisheries scientists use biological models to determine sustainable fishing rates and
forecast future dynamics. These models require both life‐history parameters (mortality …

Predator–prey body size relationships influence food chain length, trophic structure, transfer
efficiency, interaction strength, and the bioaccumulation of contaminants. Improved …

Model intercomparison studies in the climate and Earth sciences communities have been
crucial to building credibility and coherence for future projections. They have quantified …

Trait-based approaches are an alternative to species-based approaches for functionally
linking individual organisms with community structure and dynamics. In the trait-based …