Consumption of large carcasses by scavenger assemblages in the deep Arabian Sea: Observations by baited camera

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 139-147

  Witte, Ursula ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Food fall; Megafauna; Necrophage; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

CARRION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEEP SEA; SCAVENGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033529367     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183139     Document Type: Article

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