Distribution and densities of fish larvae species with contrasting life histories as a function of oceanographic variables in the deep-water region of the southern Gulf of Mexico.

ABSTRACT: We describe the larval occurrence and density of six fish species with contrasting life histories and examine their relationships with oceanographic variables during two seasons in the deep-water region (> 1000 m) of the southern Gulf of Mexico based on 12 cruises (2011-2018). Given that Caranx crysos adults are neritic, larval presence close to the continental shelf indicates offshore cross-shelf transport to oceanic waters, which likely leads to mortality. Generalized additive models indicated that C. crysos density was not related with oceanographic variables, while Auxis spp. (with neritic and oceanic adults) was related to wind speed, sea surface temperature, sea surface height, and surface chlorophyll a. The mesopelagic Benthosema suborbitale, Notolychnus valdiviae and Bregmaceros at

SUBMITTER: Gonzalo DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925083 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature