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Ocean’s Eight-Armed Enigma: Unmasking the Colossal Squid!

Spotted: A colossal creature decides to show up out of the blue. After years of hiding from the press, it finally allowed itself to get caught on camera. Turns out it has some seriously fascinating secrets and adaptations you would raise an eyebrow at.

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Froese, R., H. Winker, G. Coro, M.L.D. Palomares, A.C. Tsikliras, D. Dimarchopoulou, K Touloumis, N. Demirel, G. Vianna, G. Scarcella, R. Schijns, C. Liang and D. Pauly. 2023. New developments in the analysis of catch time series as the basis for fish stock assessments: The CMSY++ method. Acta Icthyologica et Piscatoria 53:173-189.

Sumaila, U.R., C. De Fontaubert and M.L.D. Palomares. 2023. How overfishing handicaps resilience of marine resources under climate change. Frontiers in Marine Science 10.

Muller, J., N. Houben, and D. Pauly. 2023. On being the wrong size, or the role of body mass in fish kills and hypoxia exposure. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106(7):1651-1667.

Fredston, A.L., W.W.L. Cheung, T.L. Frolicher, Z.J. Kitchel, A.A. Maureaud, J.T. Thorson, A. Auber, B. Merigot, J. Palacios-Abrantes, M.L.D. Palomares, L. Pecuchet, N.L. Shackell and M.L. Pinsky. 2023. Marine heatwaves are not dominant driver of change in demersal fishes. Nature 621(7978):324-329.

Abucay, L.R., P. Sorongon-Yap, K. Kesner-Reyes, E.C. Capuli, R.B. Reyes Jr., E. Daskalaki, C. Ferrà, G. Scarcella, G. Coro, F. Ordines, P. Sánchez-Zulueta, G. Dakalov, S. Klayn, L. Celie, M. Scotti, D. Grémillet, C. Lambert, G. Gal, M.L.D. Palomares, D. Dimarchopoulou and A.C. Tsikliras. 2023. Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas. Frontiers of Marine Science.

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