FINAL DATA MEETING FOR NOAA-RESTORE PROJECT

Final data meeting of RESTORE project: “Effects of Nitrogen Sources and Plankton Food-Web Dynamics on Habitat Quality for the Larvae of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, in the Gulf of Mexico” has been taken at University of Miami (RSMAS-UM), under the auspice of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on November 14-15, 2019. Results comparing two oceanographic surveys (2017 and 2018) has been discussing during the meeting. This project lead by Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SCRIPPS) has been funded by NOAA Restore Science program and involves researchers from NOAA, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS-UMA), University of South Florida (USF) and University of Hawaii (SOEST-UH). Raúl Laiz-Carrión from Oceanographic Center of Málaga of the Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) was presenting the results on stable isotopes analyses from different fractions of the plankton, including BFT larvae and trophic position estimation. These results are close related with ECOLATUN (CTM2015-68473-R) a project lead by IEO which has been studied the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna larval trophodynamics and its influence on larval growth.