Plankton food webs in the oligotrophic Gulf of Mexico spawning grounds of Atlantic bluefin tuna

MICHAEL R. STUKEL1,2,*, TRIKA GERARD3, THOMAS B. KELLY1, ANGELA N. KNAPP1, RAÚL LAIZ-CARRIóN4, JOHN T. LAMKIN3, MICHAEL R. LANDRY5, ESTRELLA MALCA6, KAREN E. SELPH7, AKIHIRO SHIROZA6, TAYLOR A. SHROPSHIRE1,2 AND RASMUS SWALETHORP5 department of earth, ocean and atmospheric science, florida state university, tallahassee, fl 32306, usa, center for ocean-atmospheric prediction studies, florida state university, tallahassee, fl 32306, usa, southeast fisheries science center, national marine fisheries service, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), miami, fl 33149, usa, centro oceanográfico de malaga, instituto español del oceanografía, fuengirola, spain, scripps institution of oceanography, university of california, san diego, 9500 gilman dr., la jolla, ca 92093-0227, usa, cooperative institute for marine and atmospheric studies, university of miami, miami, fl 33149, usa and department of oceanography, university of hawaii at manoa, honolulu, hi 96822, usa