Major, William https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9994-6944
Giering, Sarah L. C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876
Ainsworth, Joanna
Belcher, Anna
Blackbird, Sabena https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0942-6836
Bridger, Martin
Briggs, Nathan
Carvalho, Filipa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329
Clément, Louis
Cook, Kathryn https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-3011
Dumousseaud, Cynthia
Espinola, Benoit https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-9645
Evans, Claire
Fielding, Sophie
Hartmann, Manuela
Henson, Stephanie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802
Iversen, Morten
Kiriakoulakis, Konstadinos
Lampitt, Richard
Lovecchio, Elisa
Martin, Adrian
Mayor, Dan
Moore, Mark
Pabortsava, Katsiaryna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9808-012X
Pebody, Corinne
Peel, Kate
Preece, Calum
Poulton, Alex https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-6961
Rayne, Rachel
Saw, Kevin
Stinchcombe, Mark
Stowasser, Gabriele https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-0772
Tarling, Geraint A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-5899
Thomalla, Sandy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-520X
Villa-Alfageme, María https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7157-8588
Wolff, George A.
Sanders, Richard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-7131
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Research Council Consolidator grant
EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (817806)
NRF | South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SNA170522231782)
Department of Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa (DST/CON0182/2017)
RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NE/M020835/2)
Article History
Received: 21 December 2023
Accepted: 18 November 2024
First Online: 18 December 2024
Competing interests
: The COMICS project (NERC NE/M020835/2) funded the data collection effort and data synthesis and submission was funded by the Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources (SUMMER) project under grant agreement No 817806. The simultaenous glider mission was supported by a European Research Council Consolidator grant (GOCART, agreement number 724416) to S. Henson, as well as South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DST/CON0182/2017) and the National Research Foundation (SANAP: SNA170522231782) grants; as such, these data are published separately. There is no conflict of interest in submitting this paper for consideration.