Scott M. Taylor, Ellis R. Loew, Michael S. Grace,
The Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, is a large piscivorous fish that supports economically important recreational fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Florida Atlantic coast. Megalops atlanticus undergoes ontogenetic shifts in morphology, hatching in the open ocean as larvae (less than 1 cm in length), moving ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
2010 - Cambridge University Press | Visual Neuroscience
Santiago Gil-Durán, Dwayne Arola, Alex Ossa,
... microstructure and mechanical behavior of scales from the Megalops Atlanticus (Atlantic tarpon). The microstructure and composition were evaluated ... from the tensile tests showed that scales from Megalops Atlanticus exhibit variations in the elastic modulus as a ...
Tópico(s): Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
2015 - Elsevier BV | Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
The tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) Costa Rica. is among the most highly sougth inshore gamefish in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Adults ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
1993 - Vicerractoría Investigación | Revista de Biología Tropical
... depth and thermal habitat utilization of Atlantic tarpon Megalops atlanticus from high-resolution temporal data on 42 recovered ... frequency just after sunset and sunrise. KEY WORDS: Megalops atlanticus · Satellite tracking · Thermal habitat · Rolling and jumping · Diel ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2012 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Neil Hammerschlag, Jiangang Luo, Duncan J. Irschick, Jerald S. Ault,
... Carcharhinus leucas) and a sympatric mesopredator (Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus) in southern Florida waters to describe their habitat ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2012 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
William E. Stein, Nancy J. Brown‐Peterson, James S. Franks, Martin O’Connell,
Despite the fact that the tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) is a popular sport fish in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM; Ault et al. 2008), little is known of its spawning behavior. ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2012 - University of Southern Mississippi | Gulf and Caribbean Research
... a unique morphometric data set on Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) which contained information on body weight W as ...
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2012 - Elsevier BV | Fisheries Research
Edgar F. Mendoza‐Franco, Delane C. Kritsky, Victor M. Vidal‐Martínez, Tomáš Scholz, M. Leopoldina Aguirre‐Macedo,
... megalopis is redescribed from gills of Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus (Megalopidae), from the Atlantic coasts of Nicaragua and ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2004 - | Comparative Parasitology
William E. Stein, Jonathan M. Shenker, Martin O’Connell,
Megalops atlanticus (Tarpon) is a highly migratory species that supports an economically important recreational fishery in the Gulf ...
Tópico(s): Isotope Analysis in Ecology
2016 - Eagle Hill Institute | Southeastern Naturalist
Kristin Leigh Kopperud, Michael S. Grace,
... the marine fish retina using the Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) as a model. Using anti-opsin immunofluorescence, we ...
Tópico(s): Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
2017 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ME Seeley, Benjamin D. Walther,
... scales from highly migratory and vulnerable Atlantic tarpon Megalops atlanticus (hereafter referred to as tarpon) in the Gulf ... avoided. KEY WORDS: Migration · Scales · Elements · Stable isotopes · Megalops atlanticus · Contingents Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2017 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
Dwayne Arola, Sandra Murcia, M. Stößel, Rishi Pahuja, T. J. Linley, Arun Devaraj, M. Ramulu, Alex Ossa, Junlan Wang,
... fish, including the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), the tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) and the carp (Cyprinus carpio). The scales of ... fish, including the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), the tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) and the carp (Cyprinus carpio). Results show that ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
2017 - Elsevier BV | Acta Biomaterialia
Raphael Orélis-Ribeiro, Kenneth M. Halanych, Binh Thuy Dang, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Cova R. Arias, Stephen A. Bullard,
... heart and blood vascular system of Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, in the Gulf of Mexico. It differs from ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2017 - Elsevier BV | Parasitology International
KristinL Kopperud, MichaelS Grace,
The Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes,1847) is a visually-guided marine predator that may be active at any time in the 24-hr ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2017 - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science | Bulletin of Marine Science
Lucas P. Griffin, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Aaron J. Adams, Ross E. Boucek, John T. Finn, Michael R. Heithaus, Jennifer S. Rehage, Steven J. Cooke, Andy J. Danylchuk,
... to characterize the spatial ecology of Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), elucidate the ecology of this poorly studied species, ...
Tópico(s): Avian ecology and behavior
2018 - Elsevier BV | Fisheries Research
Lorian E. Schweikert, Michael S. Grace,
... photoreceptor distribution were examined in the Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) on 2- and 4-month timescales. In a ...
Tópico(s): Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
2018 - BioMed Central | BMC Ecology
Benjamin N. Kurth, Ernst B. Peebles, Christopher D. Stallings,
... life histories are often poorly understood. Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) is an ecologically and economically important sport fish, ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2019 - Elsevier BV | Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
Lucas P. Griffin, Grace A. Casselberry, Ezra M. Markowitz, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Aaron J. Adams, Bill Horn, Steven J. Cooke, Andy J. Danylchuk,
Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) support an economically important fishery, yet there is limited information on the status of their fishery and population. ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2023 - Elsevier BV | Marine Policy

Domingos Garrone‐Neto, Alexandre Rodrigues,
New records of Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, are reported from recreational catches carried out in February ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2018 - Pensoft Publishers | Check List
Mareike Donaji Duffing Romero, Jordan K. Matley, Jiangang Luo, Jerald S. Ault, Simon J. Pittman, Richard S. Nemeth,
Abstract Background Atlantic tarpon ( Megalops atlanticus ) are a highly migratory species ranging along continental and insular coastlines of the Atlantic Ocean. Due to their importance to ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2021 - BioMed Central | Animal Biotelemetry
... able to support long-term fisheries of tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) and common snook (Centropomus undecimalis). Relations between fish ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2009 - Central Fisheries Research Institute of Türkiye | Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Seifu Seyoum, Michael D. Tringali, Maryanne Higham,
Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci for Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, were isolated by using PIMA, a polymerase chain ...
Tópico(s): Identification and Quantification in Food
2007 - Wiley | Molecular Ecology Resources
Lorian E. Schweikert, Michael S. Grace,
... examined over the development of the Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) retina relative to ontogenetic shifts in habitat light. ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
2017 - University of Chicago Press | Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Garrett M. Elmo, Derek P. Crane, Matthew E. Kimball, Kyle L. Williams, Philip W. Stevens,
... age and growth estimation methods for juvenile tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), using oxytetracycline to chemically mark otoliths and scales. ...
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2021 - Elsevier BV | Fisheries Research

Carlos Eduardo Lira dos Santos Silva, Caroline Vieira Feitosa, Cézar Augusto Freire Fernandes,
The Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) is a species with economic importance as a food fish and a source of income for artisanal fishers. ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2021 - Elsevier BV | Regional Studies in Marine Science
Ivonne R. Blandon, Francisco J. García‐De León, Rocky Ward, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, David S. Needleman,
Abstract The tarpon, Megalops atlanticus , supports important recreational fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Declines in segments of these ...
Tópico(s): Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
2003 - Wiley | Molecular Ecology Notes
Juan Carlos Arronte, José Antonio Pis-Millán, Marc Fernández, Luz Elena García García,
... and morphometric data of a specimen of tarpon Megalops atlanticus caught off the Asturias coast, northern Spain, are ...
Tópico(s): Cephalopods and Marine Biology
2004 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Alejandra Neira, Arturo Acero P.,
RESUMENObjetivo. Registrar la presencia de Megalops atlanticus (sábalo real) por primera vez en el Pacífico colombiano y dar un marco inicial de conocimiento acerca de su distribución, usos ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2016 - University of Cordoba | Revista Mvz Córdoba
J. Marcus Drymon, Matthew B. Jargowsky, Michael A. Dance, Mitchell Lovell, Crystal L. Hightower, Amanda E. Jefferson, Andrea M. Kroetz, Sean P. Powers,
Abstract Atlantic tarpon ( Megalops atlanticus , hereafter tarpon) are facing a multitude of stressors and are considered Vulnerable by the IUCN; however, significant gaps remain ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2020 - Society for Conservation Biology | Conservation Science and Practice
Patrick M. Graham, James S. Franks, Evan J. Anderson, Robert T. Leaf, Jason D. Tilley,
... and growth of early‐life‐stage Atlantic tarpon Megalops atlanticus collected from Mississippi coastal waters in the northcentral ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2021 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology