Evidence of dramatic and persistent declines in meso- and bathypelagic fish abundances in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Tracey Sutton, Nova Southeastern University, Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center, Dania Beach, FL, United States, Dr. Rosanna Milligan, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, United States, April B Cook, Nova Southeastern University, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Dania Beach, FL, United States, Jon Moore, Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, FL, United States and Kevin M Boswell, Florida International University, Biological Sciences, North Miami, FL, United States