Chen, R. S., Paulson, E. T., Schartup, A. T., & Choy, C. A. (2025). Diet shifts drive mercury bioaccumulation and distribution in tissues of the longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 213, 117590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117590

Schartup, A. T., & Choy, C. A. (2024). Regional variation in fish mercury. Nature Food, 5(10), 807–808. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01062-2

Dan, M. E., Portner, E. J., Bowman, J. S., Semmens, B. X., Owens, S. M., Greenwald, S. M., & Choy, C. A. (2024). Using low volume eDNA methods to sample pelagic marine animal assemblages. PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0303263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303263

Stack, M. E., Richardot, W. H., Garcia, R., Nguyen, T., Choy, C. A., Jensen, P. R., Gutleben, J., Dodder, N. G., Aluwihare, L. I., & Hoh, E. (2024). Identification of DDT+ in Deep Ocean Sediment and Biota in the Southern California Bight. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 11(5), 479–484. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00115

Médieu, A., Point, D., Sonke, J. E., Angot, H., Allain, V., Bodin, N., Adams, D. H., Bignert, A., Streets, D. G., Buchanan, P. B., Heimbürger-Boavida, L.-E., Pethybridge, H., Gillikin, D. P., Ménard, F., Choy, C. A., Itai, T., Bustamante, P., Dhurmeea, Z., Ferriss, B. E., … Lorrain, A. (2024). Stable Tuna Mercury Concentrations since 1971 Illustrate Marine Inertia and the Need for Strong Emission Reductions under the Minamata Convention. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 11(3), 250–258. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00949

Hetherington, E. D., Close, H. G., Haddock, S. H. D., Damian‐Serrano, A., Dunn, C. W., Wallsgrove, N. J., Doherty, S. C., & Choy, C. A. (2024). Vertical trophic structure and niche partitioning of gelatinous predators in a pelagic food web: Insights from stable isotopes of siphonophores. Limnology and Oceanography, lno.12536. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12536

Haddock, S. H. D., & Choy, C. A. (2024). Life in the Midwater: The Ecology of Deep Pelagic Animals. Annual Review of Marine Science, 16(1), 383–416. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-031623-095435

Gleiber, M. R., Hardy, N. A., Roote, Z., Krug-MacLeod, A. M., Morganson, C. J., Tandy, Z., George, I., Matuch, C., Brookson, C. B., Daly, E. A., Portner, E. J., Choy, C. A., Crowder, L. B., & Green, S. J. (2024). The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource to support trait-based ocean research. Scientific Data, 11(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02689-9

Huang, L., Tissot, F. L. H., Ibañez-Mejia, M., Forsch, K. O., Arendt, C., Anela Choy, C., & Aarons, S. M. (2024). High-precision zirconium isotope analysis of Pacific seawater reveals large mass-dependent fractionations in the ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 365, 202–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.018

Savoca, M. S., Abreo, N. A., Arias, A. H., Baes, L., Baini, M., Bergami, E., Brander, S., Canals, M., Choy, C. A., Corsi, I., De Witte, B., Domit, C., Dudas, S., Duncan, E. M., Fernández, C. E., Fossi, M. C., Garcés-Ordóñez, O., Godley, B. J., González-Paredes, D., … Santos, R. G. (2024). Monitoring plastic pollution using bioindicators: a global review and recommendations for marine environments. Environmental Science: Advances, 10.1039.D4VA00174E. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4VA00174E

Hermabessiere, L., Thaysen, C., Sherlock, C., Choy, C., & Rochman, C. (2023). Little evidence for bioaccumulation or biomagnification of microplastics in a deep-sea food web. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 724, 17–32. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14458

Portner, E. J., Mowatt-Larssen, T., Carretero, A. C.-L., Contreras, E. A., Woodworth-Jefcoats, P. A., Frable, B. W., & Choy, C. A. (2023). Harnessing a mesopelagic predator as a biological sampler reveals taxonomic and vertical resource partitioning among three poorly known deep-sea fishes. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 16078. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41298-9

Messié, M., Sherlock, R. E., Huffard, C. L., Pennington, J. T., Choy, C. A., Michisaki, R. P., Gomes, K., Chavez, F. P., Robison, B. H., & Smith, K. L. (2023). Coastal upwelling drives ecosystem temporal variability from the surface to the abyssal seafloor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(13), e2214567120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214567120

Chavarry, J. M., Law, K. L., Barton, A. D., Bowlin, N. M., Ohman, M. D., & Choy, C. A. (2022). Relative exposure to microplastics and prey for a pelagic forage fish. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7060

Damian-Serrano, A., Hetherington, E. D., Choy, C. A., Haddock, S. H. D., Lapides, A., & Dunn, C. W. (2022). Characterizing the secret diets of siphonophores (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) using DNA metabarcoding. PLOS ONE, 17(5), e0267761. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267761

Hetherington, E. D., Choy, C. A., Thuesen, E. V., & Haddock, S. H. D. (2022). Three distinct views of deep pelagic community composition based on complementary sampling approaches. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.864004

Hetherington, E. D., Damian-Serrano, A., Haddock, S. H. D., Dunn, C. W., & Choy, C. A. (2022). Integrating siphonophores into marine food-web ecology. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 15. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10235

Chen, R. S., Portner, E. J., & Choy, C. A. (2022). Gelatinous cephalopods as important prey for a deep-sea fish predator. Marine Biology, 169(12), 155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04116-w

Savoca, M. S., Kühn, S., Sun, C., Avery-Gomm, S., Choy, C. A., Dudas, S., Hong, S. H., Hyrenbach, K. D., Li, T.-H., Ng, C. K., Provencher, J. F., & Lynch, J. M. (2022). Towards a North Pacific Ocean long-term monitoring program for plastic pollution: A review and recommendations for plastic ingestion bioindicators. Environmental Pollution, 310, 119861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119861

Hamilton, B. M., Rochman, C. M., Hoellein, T. J., Robison, B. H., Van Houtan, K. S., & Choy, C. A. (2021). Prevalence of microplastics and anthropogenic debris within a deep-sea food web. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 675, 23–33. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13846

Drazen, J. C., Smith, C. R., Gjerde, K. M., Haddock, S. H. D., Carter, G. S., Choy, C. A., Clark, M. R., Dutrieux, P., Goetze, E., Hauton, C., Hatta, M., Koslow, J. A., Leitner, A. B., Pacini, A., Perelman, J. N., Peacock, T., Sutton, T. T., Watling, L., & Yamamoto, H. (2020). Opinion: Midwater ecosystems must be considered when evaluating environmental risks of deep-sea mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(30), 17455. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011914117

Logan, J. M., Pethybridge, H., Lorrain, A., Somes, C. J., Allain, V., Bodin, N., Choy, C. A., Duffy, L., Goni, N., Graham, B., Langlais, C., Menard, F., Olson, R., & Young, J. (2020). Global patterns and inferences of tuna movements and trophodynamics from stable isotope analysis. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104775

Lorrain, A., Pethybridge, H., Cassar, N., Receveur, A., Allain, V., Bodin, N., Bopp, L., Choy, C. A., Duffy, L., Fry, B., Goni, N., Graham, B. S., Hobday, A. J., Logan, J. M., Menard, F., Menkes, C. E., Olson, R. J., Pagendam, D. E., Point, D., … Young, J. W. (2020). Trends in tuna carbon isotopes suggest global changes in pelagic phytoplankton communities. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14858

Romero-Romero, S., Choy, C. A., Hannides, C. C. S., Popp, B. N., & Drazen, J. C. (2019). Differences in the trophic ecology of micronekton driven by diel vertical migration. Limnology and Oceanography, 64(4), 1473–1483. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11128

Choy, C. A., Robison, B. H., Gagne, T. O., Erwin, B., Firl, E., Halden, R. U., Hamilton, J. A., Katija, K., Lisin, S. E., Rolsky, C., & Van Houtan, K. S. (2019). The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column. Scientific Reports, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44117-2

Pethybridge, H., Choy, C. A., Logan, J. M., Allain, V., Lorrain, A., Bodin, N., Somes, C. J., Young, J., Menard, F., Langlais, C., Duffy, L., Hobday, A. J., Kuhnert, P., Fry, B., Menkes, C., & Olson, R. J. (2018). A global meta-analysis of marine predator nitrogen stable isotopes: Relationships between trophic structure and environmental conditions. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(9), 1043–1055. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12763

Pethybridge, H. R., Choy, C. A., Polovina, J. J., & Fulton, E. A. (2018). Improving marine ecosystem models with biochemical tracers. Annual Review of Marine Science, 10(1), 199–228. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-121916-063256

Sackett, D. K., Drazen, J. C., Popp, B. N., Choy, C. A., Blum, J. D., & Johnson, M. W. (2017). Carbon, nitrogen, and mercury isotope evidence for the biogeochemical history of mercury in Hawaiian marine bottomfish. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(23), 13976–13984. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04893

Gloeckler, K., Choy, C. A., Hannides, C. C. S., Close, H. G., Goetze, E., Popp, B. N., & Drazen, J. C. (2017). Stable isotope analysis of micronekton around Hawaii reveals suspended particles are an important nutritional source in the lower mesopelagic and upper bathypelagic zones. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(3), 1168–1180. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10762

Haddock, S. H. D., Christianson, L. M., Francis, W. R., Martini, S., Dunn, C. W., Pugh, P. R., Mills, C. E., Osborn, K. J., Seibel, B. A., Choy, C. A., Schnitzler, C. E., Matsumoto, G. I., Messie, M., Schultz, D. T., Winnikoff, J. R., Powers, M. L., Gasca, R., Browne, W. E., Johnsen, S., … Thuesen, E. V. (2017). Insights into the biodiversity, behavior, and bioluminescence of deep-sea organisms using molecular and maritime technology. Oceanography, 30(4), 38–47. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.422

Portner, E. J., Polovina, J. J., & Choy, C. A. (2017). Patterns in micronekton diversity across the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre observed from the diet of longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 125, 40–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.013

Duffy, L. M., Kuhnert, P. M., Pethybridge, H. R., Young, J. W., Olson, R. J., Logan, J. M., Goñi, N., Romanov, E., Allain, V., Staudinger, M. D., Abecassis, M., Choy, C. A., Hobday, A. J., Simier, M., Galván-Magaña, F., Potier, M., & Ménard, F. (2017). Global trophic ecology of yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore tunas: Understanding predation on micronekton communities at ocean-basin scales. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 140, 55–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.03.003

Katija, K., Choy, C. A., Sherlock, R. E., Sherman, A. D., & Robison, B. H. (2017). From the surface to the seafloor: How giant larvaceans transport microplastics into the deep sea. Science Advances, 3(8), e1700715. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700715

C. Anela Choy, Steven H. D. Haddock, & Bruce H. Robison. (2017). Deep pelagic food web structure as revealed by in situ feeding observations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1868), 20172116. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2116

Bruno, B. C., Wren, J. L. K., Noa, K., Wood-Charlson, E. M., Ayau, J., Soon, S. L., Needham, H., & Choy, C. A. (2016). Summer bridge program establishes nascent pipeline to expand and diversify Hawai’i’s undergraduate geoscience enrollment. Oceanography, 29(2), 286–292. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.33

Choy, C. A., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Weijerman, M., Woodworth-Jefcoats, P. A., & Polovina, J. J. (2016). Finding the way to the top: how the composition of oceanic mid-trophic micronekton groups determines apex predator biomass in the central North Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 549, 9–25. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11680

Madigan, D. J., Chiang, W. C., Wallsgrove, N. J., Popp, B. N., Kitagawa, T., Choy, C. A., Tallmon, J., Ahmed, N., Fisher, N. S., & Sun, C. (2016). Intrinsic tracers reveal recent foraging ecology of giant Pacific bluefin tuna at their primary spawning grounds. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 553, 253–266. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11782

Sackett, D. K., Drazen, J. C., Choy, C. A., Popp, B., & Pitz, G. L. (2015). Mercury sources and trophic ecology for Hawaiian bottomfish. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(11), 6909–6918. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01009

Young, J. W., Olson, R. J., Ménard, F., Kuhnert, P. M., Duffy, L. M., Allain, V., Logan, J. M., Lorrain, A., Somes, C. J., Graham, B., Goñi, N., Pethybridge, H., Simier, M., Potier, M., Romanov, E., Pagendam, D., Hannides, C., & Choy, C. A. (2015). Setting the stage for a global-scale trophic analysis of marine top predators: a multi-workshop review. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 25(1), 261–272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-014-9368-4

Young, J. W., Hunt, B. P. V., Cook, T. R., Llopiz, J. K., Hazen, E. L., Pethybridge, H. R., Ceccarelli, D., Lorrain, A., Olson, R. J., Allain, V., Menkes, C., Patterson, T., Nicol, S., Lehodey, P., Kloser, R. J., Arrizabalaga, H., & Anela Choy, C. (2015). The trophodynamics of marine top predators: Current knowledge, recent advances and challenges. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 113, 170–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.05.015

Bradley, C. J., Wallsgrove, N. J., Choy, C. A., Drazen, J. C., Hetherington, E. D., Hoen, D. K., & Popp, B. N. (2015). Trophic position estimates of marine teleosts using amino acid compound specific isotopic analysis. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 13(9), 476–493. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10041

Choy, C. A., Popp, B. N., Hannides, C. C. S., & Drazen, J. C. (2015). Trophic structure and food resources of epipelagic and mesopelagic fishes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre ecosystem inferred from nitrogen isotopic compositions. Limnology and Oceanography, 60(4), 1156–1171. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10085

Arthur, K. E., Kelez, S., Larsen, T., Choy, C. A., & Popp, B. N. (2014). Tracing the biosynthetic source of essential amino acids in marine turtles using δ13C fingerprints. Ecology, 95(5), 1285–1293. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0263.1

Blum, J. D., Popp, B. N., Drazen, J. C., Anela Choy, C., & Johnson, M. W. (2013). Methylmercury production below the mixed layer in the North Pacific Ocean. Nature Geoscience, 6(10), 879–884. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1918

Choy, C. A., & Drazen, J. C. (2013). Plastic for dinner? Observations of frequent debris ingestion by pelagic predatory fishes from the central North Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 485, 155–163. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10342

Choy, C. A., Portner, E., Iwane, M., & Drazen, J. C. (2013). Diets of five important predatory mesopelagic fishes of the central North Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 492, 169–184. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10518

Hannides, C. C. S., Popp, B. N., Choy, C. A., & Drazen, J. C. (2013). Midwater zooplankton and suspended particle dynamics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: A stable isotope perspective. Limnology and Oceanography, 58(6), 1931–1946. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.1931

Choy, C. A., Davison, P. C., Drazen, J. C., Flynn, A., Gier, E. J., Hoffman, J. C., McClain-Counts, J. P., Miller, T. W., Popp, B. N., Ross, S. W., & Sutton, T. T. (2012). Global Trophic Position Comparison of Two Dominant Mesopelagic Fish Families (Myctophidae, Stomiidae) Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotopic Analyses. PLOS ONE, 7(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050133

Choy, C. A., Popp, B. N., Kaneko, J. J., & Drazen, J. C. (2009). The influence of depth on mercury levels in pelagic fishes and their prey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(33), 13865. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900711106

Drazen, J. C., Popp, B. N., Choy, C. A., Clemente, T., De Forest, L., & Smith, K. L. (2008). Bypassing the abyssal benthic food web: Macrourid diet in the eastern North Pacific inferred from stomach content and stable isotopes analyses. Limnology and Oceanography, 53(6), 2644–2654. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2644