SUMMER will establish a protocol to accurately estimate mesopelagic fish biomass, quantify the ecosystem services provided by the mesopelagic community (food for aquaculture, for humans, for other wild fish, climate regulation and potential for bioactive compounds) and develop a decision support tool to quantitatively balance the trade-offs between the different services for any given exploitation scenario.
Mayor, D., Gentleman, W., & Anderson, T. (2020). Ocean carbon sequestration: Particle fragmentation by copepods as a significant unrecognised factor. BioEssays. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000149
Website: https://summerh2020.eu/about-summerh2020/
PI: Xabier Irigoien, AZTI
NOC Contact: Adrian Martin
Email: Adrian.Martin@noc.ac.uk
European Union