Plankton food webs of the Gulf of Mexico spawning grounds of Atlantic Bluefin tuna
M. R. Stukel, T. Gerard, T. B. Kelly, A. N. Knapp, R. Laiz-Carrion, J. Lamkin, M. R. Landry, E. Malca, K. E. Selph, A. Shiroza, T. A. Shropshire, R. R. Swalethorp
The paper models the Gulf of Mexico food web to show microbial loop dominance and ABT larvae's reliance on zooplankton for trophic transfer.
bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2020Ecology