Xabier Irigoien

TL;DR: Using data from the Malaspina 2010 circumnavigation, regional surveys, and previously published reports, this work shows a worldwide distribution of plastic on the surface of the open ocean, mostly accumulating in the convergence zones of each of the five subtropical gyres with comparable density.

TL;DR: Plastic debris in the Mediterranean surface waters was dominated by millimeter-sized fragments, but showed a higher proportion of large plastic objects than that present in oceanic gyres, reflecting the closer connection with pollution sources.

TL;DR: Modelling and a sensitivity analysis of the acoustic observations from the Malaspina 2010 Circumnavigation Expedition show that the previous estimate of mesopelagic fishes biomass needs to be revised to at least one order of magnitude higher, and there is a close relationship between the open ocean fishes biomass and primary production.

TL;DR: The theory predicts that the differential temperature-dependence of respiration and photosynthesis at the organism level determines the response of the metabolic balance of the epipelagic ocean to changes in ambient temperature, a prediction that supports with empirical data over the global ocean.