Deep-sea fishes inhabit∼ 75% of the biosphere and are a critical part of deep-sea food
webs. Diet analysis and more recent trophic biomarker approaches, such as stable isotopes …

Predators typically are larger than their prey, and consequently, trophic level should
increase with body size. Whereas this relationship has helped in developing predictions …

Reproductive timing in many taxa plays a key role in determining breeding productivity, and
is often sensitive to climatic conditions. Current climate change may alter the timing of …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and-furans (PCDD/Fs) were measured in a temperate …

Despite their remoteness, deep-sea species bioaccumulate mercury, mostly in the form of
the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg). Although the concentration of MeHg in the water …

Body size is considered an important structuring mechanism of food webs because
consumers are usually larger and more mobile than their prey and may couple energy …

Depth is one of the environmental variables influencing the structure of marine food webs by
directly or indirectly influencing benthic‐pelagic coupling and predator‐prey relationships. In …

The importance of microbes for the functioning of oceanic food webs is well established, but
their relevance for top consumers is still poorly appreciated. Large differences in individual …

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of California (GOC) has experienced three strong El
Niño events (1997–1998, 2009–2010, and 2015–2016), each of which was followed by a …

Abstract The Gulf of Mexico's (GOM) deep-pelagic realm is one of the planet's most speciose
pelagic ecoregions, but detailed knowledge of ecosystem structure and function is lacking …