Post by Yassine GOLIAT, Ph.D

Excited to share our new publication in the Marine Ecology and ichthyoplankton research field! Our study, published in the Journal of Plankton Research, explores the spatial and vertical distribution of early life stages of fish in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem — one of the world’s most productive upwelling ecosystems. We investigated how larval and transforming fish stages are distributed across coastal-to-oceanic gradients and down to 800 m depth, highlighting: • The transition from coastal assemblages dominated by European pilchard to offshore mesopelagic communities • The influence of mesoscale oceanographic structures on larval distribution • The important contribution of mesopelagic taxa such as Cyclothone to deep-water biomass and carbon flow processes splendid work 👏 by Mouiret et al. I am grateful to all my co-authors and collaborators for this valuable teamwork. 📄 Publication: “Spatial distribution of early life stages of fish along horizontal and vertical gradients in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem” Authors: Omaima Mouiret, Hinde Abdelouahab, Maik Tiedemann, Yassine Goliat, Omar Ettahiri, Tarik Baibai, Ahmed Errhif and Stamatina Isari. #MarineScience #Oceanography #Ichthyoplankton #CCLME #Upwelling #FisheriesScience #MarineEcology #Zooplankton #Mesopelagic #ResearchPublication