New Article: Exploring the drivers of deep-sea fish growth

Results of our study exploring the drivers of fish growth across habitat depths was published this month in Marine Ecology Progress Series. Led by Jesse Black and Jeff Drazen (the University of Hawaiʻi), the article explores growth in 53 species of teleosts ranging in habitat depth from 0-4000m. We find temperature is a significant driver of growth and identify temperature-independent growth trends with depth. The study was a collaboration between the U.S.A’s University of Hawaiʻi, New Zealand’s National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), and Denmark’s Aarhus University. Our article was chosen by the editor to be a Feature Article and is available with open-access here.