The fate of cetacean carcasses in the deep sea: Observations on consumption rates and succession of scavenging species in the abyssal north-east Atlantic Ocean

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 265, Issue 1401, 1998, Pages 1119-1127

  Jones, E G ^a   Collins, M A ^a   Bagley, P M ^a   Addison, S ^a   Priede, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Autonomous lander; Cetaceans; Coryphaenoides (N.) armatus; Food fall; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

CARCASS; DECOMPOSITION; INGESTION RATE; SCAVENGER; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMERA; CARCASS; CRUSTACEA; DOLPHIN; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ATLANTIC;

AMPHIPODA; ARMATUS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; LETHRINIDAE; LYSIANASSIDAE; MACROURIDAE; NEMATONURUS ARMATUS; ORCHOMENE; PARALICELLA;

EID: 0032557880     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0407     Document Type: Article

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