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Iglesias, I.S., Kaikkonen, L., Oostdijk, M., Elsler, L.G., Yang, N., Woodstock, M.S., Annasawmy, P., Gjerde, K.M., Prellezo, R., 
Auster, P.J., García-Seoane, E., Escobar-Briones, E., van der Grient, J.M.A., Gianni, M., Milligan, R.J., Sutton, T., Vastenhoud, B.M.J., Martins, I.A., Amaro, T., Johnson, A.F., Colaço, A., Choy, C.A., Leitner, A.B., Brandt, A., Drazen, J.C., Victorero, L. (under review). Critical science and policy gaps limit our ability to evaluate anthropogenic impacts on global mesopelagic fishes. Submitted to Marine Policy.
 

​Grassian, B., Domokos, R., Annasawmy, A.P., Boswell, K., Cariou, T., Flores, P.E., Halfter, S., Iglesias, I., Jech, M., Laget, M., Hernández León, S.M., Milligan, R.J., Sutton, T.T., Witting, K., Woodstock, M.  (under review). The grand challenge of mesopelagic biomass estimation: Current strategies and recommendations. Submitted to Progress in Oceanography.

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Sutton, T.T., Milligan, R.J., Cook, A.B., Boswell, K.M., Bracken-Grissom, H., Frank, T.,  Judkins, H., Moore, J.A., Romero, I., Vecchione, M., D’Elia, M., Johnston, M.W., Peres, P., Pruzinsky, N.M., Quinlan, J.A., Warren, J.D., and Hahn, D.R. (under review). Immense but not immutable: A sudden and sustained decline in deep-pelagic life in a large oceanic ecosystem. Submitted to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Wilms, S.*, Hack, J.*, Savercool, B.*, Milligan, R.J., Golet, W., Kerstetter, D. (under review). Assessing bycatch reduction potential for deep-set pelagic longline gear in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf fishery. Submitted to Gulf and Caribbean Research.

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2026

Sheuerman, K.*, Frank, T., Sutton, T.T., Milligan, R.J. (2026). A taxonomic resolution assessment for deep-pelagic fish assemblages in a high-diversity ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science 13:1788097. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2026.1788097 (open access)​

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Milligan, R.J. & Sutton, T.T. (2026). Consistent effects of the Loop Current and associated mesoscale eddies on the vertical distributions of deep-living fishes in a subtropical ocean basin. Progress in Oceanography, 244: 103710. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103710 (open access).

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2025

Areford, I.M.* Trimble, S.R.*, Cook, A.B., Sutton, T.T., & Milligan, R.J. (2025). Length-weight relationships of 68 species of mesopelagic fish from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 4473256. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/jai/4473256 (open access)​​

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Sutton, T. T. and R. J. Milligan (2025). Deep-Sea Ecology. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21964-1.00094-X

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Medina, K*., Frank, T., Milligan, R.J., Sutton, T.T. (2025). Crustacean assemblage structure over the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge collected during the 2009 Henry B. Bigelow expedition. Deep-Sea Research I. 225, 104596. 

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2025.104596

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Allcock, A.L., Amon, D.J., Bridges, A.E.H., Colaço, A., Escobar-Briones, E., Hilário, A., Howell, K.L., Mestre, N.C., Muller-Karger, F.E., Priede, I.M., Sullivan Sealey, K., Snelgrove, P., Xavier, J.R., Amaro, T., Bandara, G., Bax, N., Belén Yanez Suarez, A., Braga-Henriques, A., Brandt, A., Boschen-Rose, R.E., Brix, S., Cambronero-Solano, S., Cedeño-Posso, C., Copley, J., Cordes, E., Cortés, J., Croquer, A., Cuvelier, D., Davies, J.S., Durden, J.M., Esquete, P., Foster, N., Frutos, I., Gasbarro, R., Gates, A.R., Gomes, M., Goodwin, L.V.M., van der Grient, J., Horton, T., Hourigan, T., Hoving H-J., Jones, D.O.B., Joshi, S., Kingon, K.C., Lörz, A-N., Martins, A., Merten, V., Metaxas, A., Milligan, R.J., Molodtsova, T.N., Morato, T., Morrissey, D., Naranjo-Elizondo, B., Narayanaswamy, B.E., Olafsdottir, S.H., Parimbelli, A., Peña, M., Ragnarsson, S., Ramalho, S.P., Rodrigues, C.F., Ross, R.E., Saeedi, H., Santos, R., Schwing, P.T., Serpa, T., Shantharam, A.K., Stevenson, A., Sutton, T.T., Svavarsson, J., Taylor, M.L., Zwerschke, N. (in press).  Deep-sea ecosystems of the North Atlantic Ocean: Discovery, Status, Function and Future Challenges. Deep-Sea Research I . doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2025.104580 (open access)

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2024

Kaikkonen, L., Amaro, T., Auster, P.J., Bailey, D.M., Bell, J.B., Brandt, A., Clark, M.R., Drazen, J.C., Du Preez, C., Escobar-Briones, E., Giacomello, E., Gianni, M., Johnson, A.F., Levin, L.A., Milligan, R.J., Oduware, S., Pearman, T.R.R., Pham, C.K., Ramalho, S.P., Rowden, A.A., Sutton, T.T., Taylor, M.L., Watling, L., Victorero, L. (2024). Improving impact assessments to reduce impacts of deep-sea fisheries on vulnerable marine ecosystems. Marine Policy 167, 106281.  doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106281​ (open access)

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2023

Jones, N.P.*, Pratchett, M.S., Milligan, R.J., Gilliam, D.S. (2023) High incidence of partial colony mortality constrains realized growth for three coral species in southeast Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series 721:59-70. doi: 10.3354/meps14420 

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McMaken, C.*, Burkholder, D., Milligan, R., Lopez, J. (2023). Potential impacts of environmental bacteria on the microbiome of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle eggs and their hatching success. MicrobiologyOpen. 12(3): e1363. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1363 (open access)

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Murawksi, S.A., Schwing, P.T., Patterson III, W.F., Sutton, T.T., Montagna, P.A., Milligan, R.J., Joye, S., Thomas, L., Kilborn, J., Paris, C.B., Failletaz, R., Portnoy, D.S., Gilbert, S. (2023). Vulnerability and resilience of living marine resources to the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill: an overview. Front Mar Sci. 10:1202250. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1202250 (open access)

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Bridges, A., Howell, K.L., McQuaid, K.A., Butt, S., Sink, K., Atkinson, L., Brandt, A., Braga-Henriques, A., Stevenson, A., Saeedi, H., Bax, N., Carranza, A., Gaudron, S.M., Perez, J.A., Amaro, T., Viera, R., Guilhon, M., Pearman, T., Horton, T., Weinberg, C., Milligan, R.J., Doti, B.L., Lauretta, D., Orejas, C., Bravo, M.E., Narayanaswamy, B.E., Barnes, D.K.A., Bell, J.B., Ross, R.E., Brix, S., Kaiser, S., Esquete, P., Shimanbukuro, M., Freiwald, A., Beuck, L., Hebbeln, D., Titschack, J., Vinha, B., Huvenne, V., Gori, A., Limongi, P., Bernardino, A.F., Elegbede, I.O., Taylor, M., Paulus, S., Kainge, P. (2023). Review of the Central and South Atlantic Deep Sea: Science, Policy and Management. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 4. doi: 10.1201/9781003363873-5

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2022

Sutton, T.T., Milligan., R.J., Daly, K., Boswell, K.M., Cook, A.B., Cornic, M., Frank, T., Frasier, K., Hahn, D., Hernandez, F., Hildebrand, J., Hu, C., Johnston, M.W., Joye, S., Judkins, H., Moore, J.A., Murawski, S., Pruzinsky, N.M., Quinlan, J.A., Remsen, A., Robinson, K.L., Romero, I.C., Rooker, J., Vecchione, M., Wells, R.J.D. (2022). The Open-Ocean Gulf of Mexico after Deepwater Horizon: Synthesis of a Decade of Research. Front Mar Sci. 9:753391. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.753391 (open access)

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2021

Keeping, J., Milligan, R.J., Reeve-Arnold, K., Bailey, D.M. (2021). Trends in sightings of the stingrays of southern Mozambique. Marine and Freshwater Research 72 (12), 1824-1837.

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Howell, K.L., Hilário, A, Allcock, A.L., Bailey, D., Baker, M., Clark, M.R., Colaço, A., Copley, J., Cordes, E., Danovaro, R., Dissanayake, A., Escobar, E., Esquete, P., Gallagher, A., Gates, A.R., Gaudron, S.M., German, C.R., Gjerde, K., Higgs, N.D., Le Bris, N., Levin, L.A., Manea, E., McClain, C., Menot, L., Mestre, N.C., Metaxas, A., Milligan, R., Muthumbi, A.W.N., Narayanaswamy, B.E., Ramalho, S.P., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Robson, L., Rogers, A.D., Sellanes, J., Sigwart, J.D., Sink, K., Snelgrove, P.V.R., Stefanoudis, P.V., Sumida, P.Y., Taylor, M.L., Thurber, A.R., Vieira, R., Watanabe, H.K., Woodall, L.C., Xavier, J.R. (2021) A decade to study deep-sea life. Nature Ecology & Evolution.  doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5 

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2020 

Cook A.B., Bernard A.M., Boswell K.M., Bracken-Grissom H., D’Elia M., deRada S., Easson C.G., English D., Eytan R.I., Frank T., Hu C., Johnston M.W., Judkins H.., Lembke C, Lopez J.V., Milligan R.J., Moore J.A., Penta B., Pruzinsky N.M., Quinlan J.A., Richards T.M., Romero I.C., Shivji M.S., Vecchione M., Weber M.D., Wells R.J.D. and Sutton T.T. (2020) A multidisciplinary approach to investigate deep-pelagic ecosystem dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico following Deepwater Horizon. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:548880. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.548880 (open access)

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Howell, K.L., Hilário, A, Allcock, A.L., Bailey, D., Baker, M., Clark, M.R., Colaço, A., Copley, J., Cordes, E., Danovaro, R., Dissanayake, A., Escobar, E., Esquete, P., Gallagher, A., Gates, A.R., Gaudron, S.M., German, C.R., Gjerde, K., Higgs, N.D., Le Bris, N., Levin, L.A., Manea, E., McClain, C., Menot, L., Mestre, N.C., Metaxas, A., Milligan, R., Muthumbi, A.W.N., Narayanaswamy, B.E., Ramalho, S.P., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Robson, L., Rogers, A.D., Sellanes, J., Sigwart, J.D., Sink, K., Snelgrove, P.V.R., Stefanoudis, P.V., Sumida, P.Y., Taylor, M.L., Thurber, A.R., Vieira, R., Watanabe, H.K., Woodall, L.C., Xavier, J.R. (2020). A blueprint for an inclusive, global deep-sea Ocean Decade field programme. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:584861. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.584861 (open access)

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Sutton, T.T., Cook, A.B., Milligan, R.J., Boswell, K.M., Fenolio, D. (2020). Deep-Pelagic Research in the Gulf of Mexico: An Extraordinary Oceanic Ecosystem Facing Extraordinary Challenges. ECO Magazine Deep Sea Special Issue: 29-31

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Milligan, R.J., Scott, E.M., Jones, D.O.B., Bett, B.J., Clarke, J., Jamieson, A., O’Brien, R., Rowe, G., Ruhl, H.A., Sangolay, B.B., Smith Jr., K.L., Walls, A., Vardaro, M., Bailey, D.M. (2020). Evidence for seasonal changes in deep-sea fish distributions: A great migration in the African deep sea? J Anim Ecol. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13215 (open access)

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Milligan, R.J. & Sutton, T.T. (2020). Dispersion overrides environmental variability as a primary driver of the horizontal assemblage structure of the mesopelagic fish family Myctophidae in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:15. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00015 (open access)

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Pruzinsky, N*., Milligan, R.J. & Sutton, T.T. (2020) Pelagic Habitat Partitioning of Late-Larval and Juvenile Tunas in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico. Front Mar Sci 7:257. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00257 (open access)

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2019

Johnston, M.W., Milligan, R.J., Easson, C.G., deRada, S., English, D., Penta, B., Sutton, T. T.  (2019). An empirically validated method for characterizing pelagic habitats in the Gulf of Mexico using ocean model data. Limnol Oceanogr-Meth. 17 (6): 362-375 [Full Text Link] [Read-only copy]

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Milligan, R.J., Bernard, A.M., Boswell, K.M., Bracken-Grissom, H.D., D’Elia, M.A.,  DeRada, S., Easson, C.G., English, D., Eytan, R.I., Finnegan, K.A., Hu, C., Lembke, C., Lopez, J.V., Penta, B., Richards, T., Romero, I.C., Shivji, M.,  Timm, L., Warren, J.D., Weber, M., Wells, R.J.D., Sutton, T.T. (2019). The application of novel research technologies by the Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND) Consortium. J. Mar. Tech. Soc. 52(6): 81-86. [Full Text Link] (Request Author Copy)​

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Sutton, T.T. & Milligan, R.J. (2019) Deep-Sea Ecology. In: Fath, B.D. (editor in chief) Encyclopedia of Ecology, 2nd edition, vol. 1, pp. 35–45. Oxford: Elsevier. [Full Text Link]

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2016

Milligan, R.J., Spence, G., Roberts, J.M., Bailey, D.M. (2016). Fish communities associated with cold-water coral habitats vary with depth and habitat type. Deep Sea Res. I, 114: 43-54. [Full Text Link]

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Milligan, R.J., Morris, K.J., Bett, B.J., Durden, J.M., Jones, D.O.B., Robert, K., Ruhl, H.A., Bailey, D.M. (2016). High resolution study of the spatial distributions of abyssal fishes by autonomous underwater vehicle. Sci. Rep. 6 (26095). DOI: 10.1038/srep26095. [Full Text Link]

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Elliott, S. A. M. and Milligan, R. J. and Heath, M. R. and Turrell, W.R. and Bailey, D. M. (2016) Disentangling habitat concepts for demersal marine fish management. Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review, 54 (Nov). pp. 173-192. ISSN 0078-3218 [Full Text Link]

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2015

Clarke, J., Milligan, R.J., Neat, F.C., Bailey, D.M. (2015). Drawing a line under deep-sea fishing: A scientific basis for regulation by depth. Curr. Biol. 25(18): 2425-2429 [Full Text Link]

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Stentiford, G.D., Albalat, A., Milligan, R.J., Bailey, N., Neil, D.M. (2015). The effect of parasitic infection by Hematodinium sp. on the cessation of swimming and subsequent recovery in the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus (L.). J Crustacean Biol 35(1): 1-10 [Full Text Link]

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2014

Morris, K.J., Bett, B.J., Durden, J.M., Huvenne, V.A.I., Milligan, R.J., Jones, D.O.B., McPhail, S., Robert, K., Bailey, D.M., Ruhl, H.A. (2014). A new method for ecological surveying of the abyss using autonomous underwater vehicle photography. Limnol Oceanogr-Meth 12: 795 – 809 [Full Text Link]

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Henry, L.A., Vad, J., Findlay, H.S., Murillo, J., Milligan, R., Roberts, J.M. (2014). Environmental variability and biodiversity of megabenthos on the Hebrides Terrace Seamount (Northeast Atlantic). Sci Rep 4 (5589): 1-10 [Full Text Link]

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2013

Vardaro, M.F., Bagley, P.M., Bailey, D.M., Bett, B.J., Jones, D.O.B., Milligan, R.J., Priede, I.M., Risien, C.M., Rowe, G.T., Ruhl, H.A., Sangolay, B.B., Smith, K.L., Walls, A., Clarke, J. (2013). A southeast Atlantic deep-ocean observatory: first experiences and results. Limnol Oceanogr-Meth 11: 304-315 [Full Text Links]

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2009

Milligan, R.J., Albalat, A., Atkinson, R.J.A., Neil, D.M. (2009). The effects of trawling on the physical condition of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus in relation to seasonal cycles in the Clyde Sea area. ICES J Mar Sci 66(13): 488-494. [Full Text Link]