Seasonal differences in marine size spectra of micronekton at the shelf‐ocean interface of the northern (NBUS) and southern Benguela upwelling system (SBUS) in Feb–Mar 2019 and Sep–Oct 2021 were analysed for mesopelagic fishes and total micronekton, the latter also including invertebrates. A resource dependent population model based on the metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) containing resource and temperature terms and a term r...

Squids occur worldwide in marine ecosystems and play a major role in pelagic food webs by connecting lower and higher trophic levels. Their high feeding intensities and pronounced diel vertical migrations make squids important components of nutrient cycles in marine ecosystems. This study assessed the trophic position and nutritional ecology of a squid species assemblage in the Benguela Upwelling System (BUS) by combining stom...

Marine plastic litter, originating from land-based sources, enters the marine environment by passing through coastal ecosystems such as lagoons and estuaries. As early life history stages (ELHS) of many commercially important fish species rely on these transitional areas as nursery grounds, we hypothesized that they encounter a spatial gradient of habitat quality and pollution from inner to outer parts of their vital environme...