This year’s annual meeting was held in Barcelona at […] Researchers at AZTI explored how they could use environmental […] One of the main goals of the team from the […] “Open data” means that scientists make the data that they […]
The SUMMER project is arranging a summer school course in Reykjavik, Iceland on the mesopelagic zone, hosted by the Marine And Freshwater Research Institute and the University of Iceland. The course will last 5 days, beginning at May 22nd and ending at May 26th. The course is for 2 ECT credits, and will feature lectures […]
This year’s annual meeting was held in Barcelona at […] The organic carbon produced by photosynthesis in the illuminated […] For all those interesting in the deep scattering layer […] The Reykjavik FAO Expert Consultation [1] interpreted an ecosystem […] Ifremer, the French research institute for the exploitation of […] The ocean plays a major […]
To enhance our knowledge on the mesopelagic community and the importance of the organisms inhabiting this domain, key players in various regions of the world need to be identified, their abundance assessed, and their ecosystem function determined. The mesopelagic domain is defined as the depth region between 200 and 1000 m depth. This deep twilight […]
One core aim of the SUMMER project is the evaluation of the potential of mesopelagic fish for high-value products. Fish oil and fish meal, or protein concentrates, are only some well-known fishery by-products, which are investigated for their biotechnological potential within the project. Left: Mesopelagic fish species Maurolicus muelleri, Right: close-up of dissected gills of […]
Lancetfishes (family Alepisauridae) are one of the largest fishes […] Elephant seals, also known as Sea elephants may not […] Marine Hatchetfishes (Sternoptychinae) are a subfamily of small pelagic […]
Photo credit: Adobe stock (standard license) In February 2020, an article about ongoing efforts to do research on the importance of the mesopelagic zone – or the Twilight Zone – was published in Nature The article talks about the lack of coordinated research on this zone – especially in light of increasing interest from commercial […]
The SUMMER project is arranging a summer school course in […] SUMMER school course, May 22.-26. in Iceland Gallery The SUMMER project is arranging a summer school course […] Elephant seals, also known as Sea elephants may not […]
SUMMER school course, May 22.-26. in Iceland Gallery The SUMMER project is arranging a summer school course […] Researchers from AZTI (Spain), National Oceanography Centre (UK), University […] A small exhibition of the extraordinary and incredible creatures hidden […] This year’s annual meeting was held in Barcelona at […] The depth and unique characteristics of […]
Mesopelagics – New gold rush or castle in the sky? Gallery Communication, Dissemination, fun fact, jetzon, Laksesild, mesopelagic species, Mesopelagic zone, open science, Publication, Sin categoría, social media In this recently published article, Fjeld et al. performed […] Tunas are some of the most commercially important, and […] Lancetfishes (family Alepisauridae) are one of the […]
A small exhibition of the extraordinary and incredible creatures hidden […] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsAsQAcpr4g NOC scientists are recently back from a cruise […] One of the main goals of the team from the […] Mesopelagic fish are small, abundant fish living in the […] Research surveys at sea can be both time consuming […] To enhance our knowledge […]
Mesopelagic organisms play an important role in the marine ecosystems as they transfer energy and organic matter between the surface layers and the deep sea via the regular mechanism called diel vertical migration (DVM). One of the key components of the community of this zone is mesopelagic fishes due to their worldwide and abundant distribution […]
Research surveys at sea can be both time consuming and expensive. Opportunistic sampling of the mesopelagic community during routine research surveys is therefore a credible option to enhance our knowledge of the mesopelagic ecosystem at a minimum cost. In addition, these routine surveys have, most of the time, been carried out for several years. The […]
Omega-3 (Docosahexaenoic acid -DHA- and eicosapentaenoic acid -EPA-) provides benefits on health for humans and animals in general. EPA and DHA are essential for proper fetal development and healthy aging. Global recommendation for these two acids intake is around 500 mg day for adults and 250 mg day for infants. Considering the 2020-year world inhabitants […]
