July 12, 2018 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Opportunity: Call for Scientific Session and Workshop Proposals

July 12, 2018

Opportunity: Call for Scientific Session and Workshop Proposals – JULY 12, 2018 Session and workshop proposal deadline: 20 September 2018 Please submit your proposal online. (Details below.) The Scientific Program Committee for the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation’s 25th Biennial Conference (CERF 2019) invites proposals for Sessions and Workshops. We expect to include topical sessions…

Travis sorts through Neuston net samples looking for the Sargassum frogfish (Histrio histrio) aboard the R/V Point Sur. (Provided by DEEPEND)

Grad Student Richards Uses Fish Muscle Tissue to Explore Deep-Sea Food Web Structure

July 12, 2018

The deep-pelagic habitat (200 m depth to just above the seabed) is the largest habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, yet we know very little about it compared to coastal and shallow-water habitats.