Presentations

RECENT (5 YEARS) PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

Oral Presentations

2024	Peres, P., K. Sellers, A.M. Bernard, M.S. Shivji, T.T. Sutton, and H. Bracken-Grissom. “Temporal genomic diversity changes of five pelagic deep-sea species in the Gulf of Mexico.” 3^rd Joint Conference on Evolutionary Biology. Online.
2024	Scott, R., T.T. Sutton, R.M. Milligan, S. Murawski, C. Ainsworth. “Mesopelagic fishes as a trophic indicator for the Gulf of Mexico pelagic ecosystem and implications for highly migratory species.” Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
2024	Judkins, H., T.T. Sutton, M. Vecchione. “Examining the diets of deep-sea cephalopods from the northern Gulf of Mexico using a metabarcoding approach.” Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
2024	Sutton, T.T., A.B. Cook, J. Moore, et al. “Why have Mesopelagic Boundary Communities only been documented off Hawaii? Likely cosmopolitanism of mesopelagic associations with landmasses and their importance.” Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
2024	Cook, A.B., J. Moore, and T.T. Sutton. “The success of spiny-rayed fishes in the deep-pelagic ocean discovered using a large midwater trawl.” Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
2024	Areford, I.M., T.T. Sutton, M. Johnston, and R.M. Milligan, “Do mesopelagic fish biomass patterns change in response to major oceanographic features in the Gulf of Mexico?” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Milligan, R.M. and T.T. Sutton “Changes in assemblage structure of lanternfishes in the decade following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Peres, P.A., A.M. Bernard, M.S. Shivji, H. Bracken-Grissom, and T.T. Sutton “A 10-year time series genomic analysis of three pelagic deep-sea fish after the deepwater Horizon oil spill.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Murawski, S., T.T. Sutton, and J. Moore “Pelagics in a new light: Impacts of lighted offshore platforms on trophic dynamics of tunas in the Gulf of Mexico.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Sutton, T.T. et al. “Evidence of enhanced mesopelagic biomass near topographic features in the Gulf of Mexico” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Murawski, S.A., T.T. Sutton, W. Patterson, P. Schwing, and D. Boesch. “Synthesis sisyphus: Impacts and recovery of marine life from Deepwater Horizon – 14 years on – the good, the bad, and some ugly.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Lim, K. and T.T. Sutton “The trophic ecology and vertical distribution of the deep-sea fish Scombrolabrax heterolepis (Scombriformes), an ‘advanced’ fish in a world of ‘primitive’ fishes.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Kirk, T. and T.T. Sutton “Trophic ecology of black swallowers (Scombriformes, Chiasmodontidae) in the Gulf of Mexico.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2023	Sutton, T.T. “Pelagic life in the Gulf of Mexico: patterns and perspectives.” University of Central Florida Seminar Series (INVITED).
2023	Sutton, T.T. “Quantifying abundance and biodiversity of the mesopelagic zone,” The Ocean Twilight Zone Symposium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (INVITED).
2023	Sutton, T.T., K.M. Boswell, A.B. Cook, T. Frank, J. Moore, H. Bracken-Grissom, R. Milligan. “Mesopelagic Boundary Communities. What Are They, Why Just Hawaii, and Could They Occur in the Atlantic Over Deep-water Coral?” 2023 Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, VA
2023	Cook, A.B. and T.T. Sutton. “Spiny-rayed fishes have not succeeded in the deep-pelagic ocean? The use of large midwater trawls challenges this paradigm.” 2023 Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, VA
2023	Romero, I.C., T.T. Sutton, R. Milligan, L. Rose-Mann, H. Bracken-Grissom, T. Frank, A. Cook, H. Judkins, K., Boswell, M. Woodstock, D. Hahn, M. Johnston, M. D’Elia, J. Moore, J. Quinlan, M. Vecchione, F. Parker. “Linking contaminants fate and ecosystem functioning in the open-ocean Gulf of Mexico: A decadal synthesis of research” ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2023	Demopoulos, A.W.J., J. McClain-Counts, J. Bourque, E. Cordes, M. Nizinski, N. Prouty, T. Sutton, and A. Quattrini. “Trophic structure of deep-sea coral habitats along the U.S. Atlantic margin.” The 8^th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2023	Johnsen, S., E. Caves, and T.T. Sutton. “Grandma, what big pixels you have: optimal visual acuity in marine fish and sharks.” SICB 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative Biology, Austin, TX.
2022	Sutton, T.T., K. Boswell, A.B. Cook, R. Milligan, J. Moore, Bracken-Grissom, K. Benoit-Bird, B. Robison, A. Leitner. “In Search Of… Mesopelagic Boundary Communities. What are they, why just Hawaii, and could they occur over Atlantic deepwater coral?” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2022	Boswell, K.M. and T.T. Sutton (2022) “Dynamics of meso- and bathypelagic nekton in the Gulf of Mexico.” Southeast Regional Acoustics consortium. St. Petersburg, FL
2022	Milligan, R. and T.T. Sutton. “Species diversity of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) remained largely unchanged following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill despite widespread abundance declines.” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2022	Moore, J.A., D. Fenolio, A.B. Cook and T.T. Sutton. “Hiding in plain sight: elopomorph larvae are important contributors to fish biodiversity in a low-latitude oceanic ecosystem” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2022	Woodstock, M., T.T. Sutton and Y. Zhang. “A trait-based carbon export model for mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Mexico with consideration of asynchronous vertical migration, flux boundaries, and feeding guilds.” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2022	Murawski, S., T.T. Sutton, j. Moore, H. Judkins, and E. Pulster. “Murder in the twilight zone: do deep water oil and gas platforms facilitate predation on DVM-ing mesopelagics?” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2022	Duffy, J.E., D. Dunn, T.T. Sutton and 18 others. “First quantitative assessment of marine biodiversity in and outside of protected areas across the United States Exclusive Economic Zone.” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2022	Taylor, C., J. Horne, C. Lembke, A. Silverman, K. Abernathy, E. Berkenpas, T.T. Sutton, A. cook. “Intelligent autonomous acoustical and optical characterization of mesopelagic communities in the Gulf of Mexico.” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2022	Mertzlufft, D. and T.T. Sutton. “Pelagic habitat use by benthic fishes. Juvenile scorpaenoid fishes of the Gulf of Mexico” 2022 Graduate Student Symposium, Nova Southeastern University.
2022	Sutton, T.T., K. Boswell, A.B. Cook, R. Milligan, J. Moore, Bracken-Grissom, K. Benoit-Bird, B. Robison, A. Leitner. “In Search Of… Mesopelagic Boundary Communities. What are they, why just Hawaii, and could they occur over Atlantic deepwater coral?” 2022 Graduate Student Symposium, Nova Southeastern University.
2022	Sutton, T.T. “Recent developments in pelagic ichthyology: from sunlight to midnight” Smithsonian Institution Ichthyology Series, Washington D.C.
2022	Sutton, T.T., K. Boswell, A.B. Cook, R. Milligan, J. Moore, Bracken-Grissom, K. Benoit-Bird, B. Robison, A. Leitner. “In Search Of… Mesopelagic Boundary Communities. What are they, why just Hawaii, and could they occur over Atlantic deepwater coral.” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2021	Joye, S., A. Bracco, J. Montoya, A. Subramanium, and T.T. Sutton. “Pelagic Ecosystem Research: Structure, Emergent Functions, and Synergies (PERSEUS)" 2021-2023 United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Washington, D.C.
2021	Eckley, R. and T.T. Sutton. “Population dynamics, vertical distribution, and trophic ecology of whalefishes (Cetomimidae) in the bathypelagic Gulf of Mexico” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	Sutton, T.T., K. Boswell, A.B. Cook, M. Cornic, K. Daly, K. Frasier, F. Hernandez, J. Hildebrand, C. Hu, S. Joye, H. Judkins, R. Milligan, J. Moore, S. Murawski, N. Pruzinsky, K. Robinson, J. Rooker, M. Vecchione, and D. Wells. “The open-ocean Gulf of Mexico and Deepwater Horizon: Synthesis of a decade of research” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	Demopoulos, A., J. McClain-Counts, J. Bourque, C. Ruppel, N. Prouty, S. Brooke, T.T. Sutton, E. Cordes, and S. Joye. “Stable isotopes reveal heterogenous carbon sources at several seeps along the U.S. Atlantic Coast” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France
2021	Sutton, T.T., K. Boswell, A.B. Cook, M. Cornic, R. Milligan, J. Moore, S. Murawski, N. Pruzinsky, J. Rooker, D. Wells. “Oceanic fishes of the Gulf of Mexico and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster: A decadal synthesis of research” 2021 Joint Meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Phoenix, AZ.
2021	Sutton, T.T., A. Cook, K. Boswell, T. Frank, R. Milligan, S. Murawski, J. Rooker, and M. Vecchione. “A synthesis of research on the Impacts of Deepwater Horizon on the open ocean Gulf of Mexico” ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual)
2021	Milligan, R.M. and T.T. Sutton. “A synthesis of lanternfish ecology in the Gulf of Mexico” ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual)
2021	Romero, I., T. Frank, H. Bracken-Grissom and T.T. Sutton. “Understanding the long-term persistence of organic pollutants and effects in mesopelagic fauna.” ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual)
2021	Berger, A., P. Blackwelder, T. Frank, T.T. Sutton and J. Lopez. “Illuminating the potential of bioluminescent bacterial symbionts in Pyrosoma atlanticum” ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual)
2021	Woodstock, M., T.T. Sutton, T. Frank, and Y. Zhang. “An early warning sign: trophic structure changes in the oceanic Gulf of Mexico from 2011-2018.” ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual)
2021	Hoffman, J., R. Lepak, S. Janssen, J. Ogorek, M. Tate, D. Krabbenhoft, and T.T. Sutton. “Food wen structure and mercury sources of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge based on carbon, nitrogen and mercury stable isotope ratios.” ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual)
2021	Murawski, S., P. Montagna, C. Smith, and T.T. Sutton. “Impacts of Deepwater Horizon on Living Marine Resources.” ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual)
2021	Murawski, S., C.B. Paris, T.T. Sutton, M. Cockrell, S. O’Farrell, J. Sanchirico, E. Chancellor, and L. Peruso. “Impacts of Deepwater Horizon on Fish and Fisheries: What Have we learned about Resilience and Vulnerability in a Coupled Human-Natural System?” International Oil Spill Conference. Online.
2021	Sutton, T.T. “How to lead an oceanographic expedition” Deep-Sea Biology Society Early Career Seminar Series. Online. INVITED.
2021	Sutton, T.T. “The open-ocean Gulf of Mexico: an extraordinary pelagic ecosystem facing extraordinary challenges” University of Louisiana-Lafayette Marine Science Zoominar Series. Online. INVITED.
2021	Sutton, T.T. “Mid-Ocean Ridges as hotspots of pelagic ecology? Evidence from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge” Ridge Seminar Series. Online. INVITED.
2021	Sutton, T.T. “The deep-pelagic Gulf of Mexico: A remarkable ecosystem facing remarkable challenges.” Eckerd University Marine Science Colloquium. Online. INVITED.
2020	Berger, A., P. Blackwelder, T.T. Sutton, N.M. Pruzinsky, N. Slayden, and J. Lopez. “Microscopic and Genetic Characterization of Bacterial Bioluminescent Symbionts of the Gulf of Mexico Pyrosome, Pyrosoma atlanticum.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Marks, A. and T.T. Sutton. “Reproductive Ecology of Dragonfishes (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae) in the Gulf of Mexico.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Milligan, R. and T.T. Sutton. “To stay or go? Understanding the behavioural drivers of diel vertical migration in deep-living fishes.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Sutton, T.T., J. Moore, A. Cook, A. Bernard, R. Eytan, M. Shivji, R. Milligan, D. Fenolio. “Oceanic fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: The DEEPEND Synthesis.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Sutton, T.T. “Pelagic biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico.” NOPP Biodiversity Interagency Working Group Meeting. Online. INVITED.
2020	Sutton, T.T. “Florida research in the Big Blue” the DEEPEND research consortium.” Sea Grant Webinar: 10 years of GoMRI science – Honoring discoveries, contributions, and legacies in Florida. Online. INVITED.
2020	Sutton, T.T. “The open ocean Gulf of Mexico: what have we learned about this remarkable pelagic ecosystem?” OneNOAA Science Seminar Series. Online. INVITED.
2020	Woodstock, M., T.T. Sutton, T. Frank, Y. Zhang. “An early warning sign: trophic structure changes in the oceanic Gulf of Mexico from 2011-2018.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Woodstock, M.S., T.T. Sutton, T. Frank; Y. Zhang. "Assessing trophic structure dynamics in ecosystem models using the offshore Gulf of Mexico as an example." American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting.
2020	Drazen, J., C. Smith, K. Gjerde, S. Haddock, G. Carter, M. Clark, A. Choy, P. Dutrieux, E. Goetze, C. Hauton, M. Hatta, J. Koslow, A. Leitner, A. Pacini, T. Peacock, J. Perelman, T.T. Sutton, L. Watling, and H. Yamamoto. “Consideration of midwater ecosystems is required to fully evaluate the environmental risks of deep-sea mining” 2020 Ocean Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA.
2020	Slayden, N. and Sutton, T.T. “On the age and growth of mesopelagic fishes, with case studies of four ecologically important species from the Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Graduate Student Symposium, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL.
2020	Sutton, T.T., J. Moore, A. Cook, A. Bernard, R. Eytan, M. Weber, and M. Shivji “The deep-pelagic realm as a ‘biological desert’?... hardly. A case study of a highly speciose meso/bathypelagic ecoregion, the Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Ocean Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA.
2020	Sutton, T.T. “A Summary of Post-DWHOS Open-Ocean Faunal Population Dynamics: Vulnerability, Resilience, Data Gaps, and Management Implications” 2020 Graduate Student Symposium, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL.
2020	Malca, E., J. Quintanilla, R. Carrion, T. Gerard, and T.T. Sutton. “Spatial comparison of bluefin tuna larval growth rates and their nitrogen isotopic signatures” 2020 Graduate Student Symposium, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL.
2020	Milligan, R.J. and Sutton, T.T. “To Stay or Go? Understanding the Behavioral Drivers of Diel Vertical Migration in Deep-Living Fishes” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL
2020	Calhoun, S., K.L. Robinson, J. Ruzicka, F. Hernandez, V. Wang, M. Sutor, T.T. Sutton, and C. Ainsworth. “Modeling the Deep: A Vertically Resolved, End-to-End ECOTRAN Model of the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL.
2020	Pruzinsky, N.M., Milligan, R.J. and Sutton, T.T. “Pelagic Habitat Partitioning of Late-Larval and Juvenile Tuna in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL
2020	Frank, T.M., R. Milligan, C. Fine, E. Burdett, D. Nichols, N. LaSpina, A. Cook, and T.T. Sutton. “Temporal Changes in the Micronektonic Crustacean Assemblage in the Gulf of Mexico Since the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL.
2020	Musgrave, R., H. Judkins, A. Cook, D. Fenolio, T. Frank, M. Myers, N. Pruzinsky, and T.T. Sutton “Inviting Learners to the DEEPEND: A Team Approach to Successful Outreach and Education” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL.
2020	deRada, S., B. Penta, S. Anderson, C. Lembke, D. English, C. Hu, T.T. Sutton, and A. Cook. “Finding Murphy: A $200,000 Slocum Glider Saved by a Numerical Ocean Model” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL
2020	Schwing, P., J. Kilborn, P. Montagna, C. Paris, R. Faillettaz, S. Joye, W. Overholt, G. Brooks, R. Larson, I. Romero, D. Hoolander, S. Murawski, T.T Sutton, and W. Patterson. “Assembling the Benthic Record of Species and Community Change for the Gulf of Mexico Following the Deepwater Horizon Event” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL
2020	Sutton, T.T., R. Milligan, A. Cook, T. Frank, S. Joye, H. Judkins, J. Moore, S. Murawski, M. Vecchione, and M. Youngbluth. “A Summary of Post-Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Open-Ocean Faunal Population Dynamics: Vulnerability, Resilience, Data Gaps, and Management Implications” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL
2020	Slayden, N. and Sutton, T.T. “On the Age and Growth of Mesopelagic Fishes, With Case Studies of Four Ecologically Important Species From the Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL.
2019	Androulidakis, Y., V. Kourrafalou, M. Le Henaff, H. Kang, T.T. Sutton, S. Chen, C. Hu, and N. Ntaganou. “Characterization of offshore pathways of Mississippi waters under eddy influence: observations and modeling” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.
2019	Eytan, R. A. Bernard, M.D. Weber, K. Finnegan, J.A. Moore, T.T. Sutton and M.S. Shivji. “DEEPEND: Illuminating the deep, dark Sea: Generation and assessment of a DNA barcode library for the deep-pelagic fishes of the Gulf of Mexico” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2019	Fenolio, D. and T.T. Sutton. “Photographic documentation of deep-water fishes from the Gulf of Mexico by the DEEPEND Consortium.” Joint Meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Snowbird, Utah.
2019	Murawski, S., C., W. Patterson, P. Schwing, P. Montagna, R. Milligan, T.T. Sutton. “Vulnerability and resilience of species and ecosystems to large-scale contamination events: Lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon.” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2019	Murawski, S., C., A. Gracia, E. Pulster, W. Patterson, T.T. Sutton, P. Schwing, P. Montagna, S. Gilbert. “Understanding impacts of large-scale oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico at the whole-ecosystem level: Lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon” RAUGM 2019 Geoscience Society Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2019	Murawski, S., C. Paris, and T.T. Sutton “Connectivity affects the resiliency and vulnerability of Gulf of Mexico fish populations to deep-sea blowouts.” Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Synthesis & Legacy Webinar Series to Inform Core Area 7 – Integrated/Linked Modeling System. 13 May 2019.
2019	Murawski, S, T.T. Sutton, H. Judkins, E. Pulster, E. Hughes, J. Morris, K. Boswell, M. D’Elia, J. Moore, M. Schwaab, I. Romero, and R. Scott. “Diel vertical migration facilitates connectivity between mesopelagic prey and epipelagic predatory fishes” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2019	Pruzinsky, N., R. Milligan and T.T. Sutton. “Faunal Composition and Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Tuna (Family: Scombridae; Tribe: Thunnini) Early Life Stages in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico. 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2019	Pruzinsky, N., Milligan, R., & Sutton, T. T., “Oceanographic Features Influence the Spatiotemporal Distributions of Early Life Stages of Small Tuna Species (Euthynnus alletteratus and Thunnus atlanticus) in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico.” American Fisheries Society & Wildlife Society, 2019 Joint Annual Conference, Reno, NV. 02 Oct 2019. Oral Presentation.
2019	Richards, T., T.T. Sutton, and R.J.D. Wells “Food web structure of deep-pelagic micronekton assemblages in the Gulf of Mexico.” 72^nd Annual Conference of the gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Punta Cam, Dominican Republic.
2019	Romero, I.C., T.T. Sutton, E. Quintana-Rizzo, S.W. Ross, J.T. Torres, and D.J. Hollander. “Understanding bioaccumulation of PAHs in deep-pelagic organisms: A decadal time-series assessment in Gulf of Mexico mesopelagic fishes.” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2019	Romero, I.C., T.T. Sutton, A. Dierks, Patterson, W.; Hollander, D.J.; Chanton, J.; Brooks, G.; Larson, R.; Murawski, S. “El legado químico de los derrames de petróleo en el Golfo de México: lecciones aprendidas de los análisis de muestras biológicas y de sedimentos.” RAUGM 2019 Geoscience Society Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2019	Ruzicka, J., K. Robinson, F. Hernandez, V. Wang, S. Calhoun, K. Dillon and T.T. Sutton “A vertically resolved end-to-end model for the oceanic northern Gulf of Mexico: GoMedx ECOTRTAN.” Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Synthesis & Legacy Webinar Series to Inform Core Area 7 – Integrated/Linked Modeling System. 13 May 2019.
2019	Slayden, N. & Sutton, T.T., “On the Age and Growth of Deep-Pelagic Fishes, with Case Studies of the Top Predators, Omosudis lowii, Stomias affinis, and Chauliodus sloani.” American Fisheries Society & Wildlife Society, 2019 Joint Annual Conference, Reno, NV. 03 Oct 2019. Oral Presentation.
2019	Sutton, T.T. et al. “Pelagic ecosystem dynamics in a highly impacted water column: the Gulf of Mexico after Deepwater Horizon.” Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Synthesis & Legacy Webinar Series to Inform Core Area 7 – Integrated/Linked Modeling System. 13 May 2019.
2019	Sutton, T.T., T. Frank, H. Judkins, and I, Romero. “As Gulf oil extraction goes deeper, what resources are at risk?” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2019	Sutton, T.T., J. Moore, A.B. Cook, A. Bernard, M. Shivji, R. Eytan, M. Weber, N. Pruzinsky, and N. Slayden. “Oceanic fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: the DEEPEND synthesis” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Poster Presentations

2024	Johnson, E., R. Milligan, T.T. Sutton, and T. Frank. “A comparative analysis of extant oceanic shark species using trait-based analysis.” 2024 Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Pittsburg, PA
2024	Milligan, R.M. and T.T. Sutton “Quantifying the vertical distributions of deep-living fishes (and their variability) in the Gulf of Mexico.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Woodstock, M., J.J. Kiszka, M. Ramirez-Leon, T.T. Sutton, K. Fennel, B. Wang, and Y. Zhang. “Cetacean-mediated vertical nitrogen transport in the oceanic Gulf of Mexico.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Areford, I.M., SD.R. Trimble, T.T. Sutton, A. Cook, and R.M. Milligan. “Length-weight relationships of mesopelagic fishes from the northern Gulf of Mexico.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2024	Juno, L, J. Moore, A. Cook, and T.T. Sutton. “The occurrence, neuroanatomy, and morphometrics of the slickhead genus Leptochilichthys in the Gulf of Mexico.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL.
2024	Judkins, H., T.T. Sutton, and M. Vecchione. “Examining the diets of deep-sea cephalopods from the northern Gulf of Mexico using a metabarcoding approach.” GOMCON 2024, Tampa, FL
2023	Sutton, T.T., J.A. Moore, A. B. Cook, A Bernard, and M. Shivji. “The Ongoing Mission of the DEEPEND pelagic research program: building an “Oceanic Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico” Compendium for Stakeholders and Resource Managers” 2023 Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, VA
2023	Milligan, R.J., T.T. Sutton. “Quantifying the vertical distributions of deep-living fishes (and their variability) in the Gulf of Mexico: 2011 – 2021.” WHOI Ocean Twilight Zone Symposium, Woods Hole, MA.
2022	Sutton, T.T., A. Cook, and 14 others. “Sustained observation of the deep-pelagic Gulf of Mexico: the DEEPEND\|RESTORE program.” 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
2021	Woodstock, M., T.T. Sutton, T. Frank, and Y. Zhang. “Ecosystem modeling in the oceanic zone: A Gulf of Mexico case study.” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	Richards, T., T.T. Sutton and R.J.D. Wells “Body size, vertical migration, and depth of occurrence explain variance in the stable isotope signatures of a diverse, low-latitude micronekton assemblage.” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	Milligam R. and T.T. Sutton “Myctophid ecology in the Gulf of Mexico: 2010-2017” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	McGonagle, R. and T.T. Sutton. “Does trophic specialization drive the remarkable diversity of deep-pelagic dragonfishes?” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	Romero, I., T.T. Sutton, H. Judkins, M. Vecchione, A. Cook and M. Youngbluth. “Long-term PH accumulation in deep-pelagic organisms after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	Milanese, D., M. Vecchione, T.T. Sutton and T. Frank. “Plastic ingestion by pelagic and benthic crustaceans and the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.” 16th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France.
2021	Andresen, H., L.N. Leandro, M.P. Olivar, D. van Denderen, J. Spitz, A. Brind’Amour, N. Bowlin, A.A. Maureaud, T.T. Sutton, H.O. Fock, M. Lindegren. “Functional traits to analyse mesopelagic fish communities.” 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems. Virtual.
2020	Pruzinsky, N. and T.T. Sutton. “Pelagic Habitat Partitioning of Late-Larval and Juvenile Tunas in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Scheuerman, K., T.T. Sutton, and R. Milligan. “Taxonomic resolution assessment and biodiversity evaluations for deep-sea mesopelagic fishes of the northern Gulf of Mexico.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Moore, J.A., Boutillier, J, Cook, A.B. and Sutton, T.T. “The diversity and ecology of barreleyes (Teleostei: Opisthoproctidae) in the Gulf of Mexico.” Deep-Sea Biology Society eDSBS 2020. Online.
2020	Cook, A. and Sutton, T.T. “Addressing Data Gaps in Deep-Pelagic Fauna: A Case Study of an Apex Predatory Fish Family in the Meso- and Bathypelagic Domains” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL.
2020	Eckley, R.M., Paxton, J.R., and Sutton T.T. “Journey Into Midnight: Faunal Composition and Vertical Distribution of Whalefishes and Their Allies in the Bathypelagic Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL.
2020	Pruzinsky, N., Milligan, R., and Sutton, T.T. “Pelagic Habitat Partitioning of Late-Larval and Juvenile Tunas in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Ocean Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA.
2020	Richard, T., Sutton, T.T., and David Wells, R.J. “Factors Influencing the Trophic Structure of Deep-pelagic Micronekton Assemblages in the Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Ocean Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA.
2020	Slayden, N. and Sutton, T.T. “On the Age and Growth of Meso-Bathypelagic Fishes, with Case Studies of Omosudis lowii, Stomias affinis and Lampanyctus lineatus from the Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Ocean Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA.
2020	Traenkle, O., I. Romero, M. Youngbluth, A. Cook, and T.T. Sutton. “Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Gulf of Mexico Gelatinous Zooplankton” 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Tampa, FL.
2020	Woodstock, M., B. Wang, K. Fennel, T.T. Sutton, and Y. Zhang “A Comparison of Two Ecosystem Models of the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico” 2020 Ocean Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA.
2019	Bernard, A., K. Finnegan, T.T. Sutton, and M. S. Shivji. “Genetic discovery of a new species of the anglerfish genus Ceratias (Lophiiformes: Ceratiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.
2019	Bernard, A., K. Finnegan, T.T. Sutton, M. Weber, R. Eytan, and M. S. Shivji. “The population genetic dynamics of three deep-sea lanternfish species (Family: Myctophidae) following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.
2019	Boutillier, A., J.A. Moore, and T.T. Sutton. “Barreleyes and spookfishes (Teleostei: Opisthoproctidae) in the deep-pelagic waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.
2019	Milligan, R.J. and T.T. Sutton. “A synthesis of lanternfish ecology in the Gulf of Mexico: 2011-2017.” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.
2019	Richards, T., T.T. Sutton, and D. Wells. “Food web structure of deep-pelagic micronekton assemblages in the Gulf of Mexico” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.
2019	Ruzicka, K. Robinson, F. Hernandez, V. Wang, S. Calhoun, K. Dillon, and T.T. Sutton. “A vertically resolved end-to-end Ecosystem model to study the role of vertical exchange processes within the oceanic Gulf of Mexico: GoMex-ECOTRAN” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2019	Slayden, N. and Sutton, T.T. “On the age and growth of deep-pelagic fishes of the Gulf of Mexico” 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.