We have a new paper out now in Frontiers in Marine Science that examines the effects of data transformations and taxonomic resolution on how we interpret ecological patterns, using a deep-pelagic trawl dataset as a case study.

The Seascape Ecology Lab was at GulfCon 2026 in Mobile, AL

Learn more about our new paper examining the effects of mesoscale eddies on mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Mexico

We are delighted to announce that we have a new manuscript out today in the Journal of Applied Ichthyology. The paper is titled " Length–Weight Relationships of 68 Mesopelagic Fish Species From a Subtropical Ocean Basin" and was a huge effort led by two of my MS students (Ian Areford and Sidney Trimble). They used specimens from the extensive DEEPEND collections captured over the past 15 years to develop a series of allometric relationships describing 68 of the most common me

We're hosting a pelagic ecology session at GulfCon 2026!

Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico from the back deck of the RV Point Sur We're just back from our second cruise for the Deep-Sea Benefits...

The DP10 science team during the pre-cruise safety briefing. Photo from H. Judkins. We are just back from our 10th research cruise of the...

Congratulations to Sidney Trimble for an excellent defense of her MS thesis! Her topic was "Estimating the Carbon Flux of Argyropelecus...

The first Rice's Whale Collaborative Science Workshop was held on October 29-30, 2024 at FIU's International Center for Tropical Botany...

I am very excited to announce that our DEEPEND|RESTORE funding has been extended for another five years, and we are ready to kick off...

We are delighted to have received NOAA funding for a new Deep-Sea Benefits research program to explore benthic-pelagic coupling around...

Congratulations to Mary Gad for her successful online thesis defense! Her thesis, titled "Estimating the Carbon Flux Contributions of...

The Seascape Ecology Lab and DEEPEND program had a great showing at this year's Gulf of Mexico Conference (GOMCON 2024) with several...

Huge congratulations to Ian Areford on successfully defending his MS thesis this semester! His research project, titled " Do Mesopelagic...

Congratulations to Ryan Byrne for successfully defending his MS thesis examining the variation in head photophore position and nasal...

Mikayla Twiss thesis defense Congratulations to Mikayla Twiss on defending her MS thesis! She used computer-aided morphometric analyses...

I'm delighted to announce that two of my MS students have successfully defended their theses this past semester and are all set to...

The decade after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has seen an unprecedented level of research investment into the ecosystems of the...

Our deep-pelagic research in the Gulf of Mexico is featured in the deep-sea issue of the ECO magazine this month! Check it out here...

Last week saw the first ever Deep Sea Biology Symposium held completely online, and was the first opportunity for Krista Scheuerman (MS...