Baited camera observations of deep-sea demersal fishes of the northeast Atlantic Ocean at 15-28°N off West Africa

Marine Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 307-314

  Henriques, C ^a   Priede, I G ^a   Bagley, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; DEMERSAL FISH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ARMATUS; BARATHRITES IRIS; CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HISTIOBRANCHUS BATHYBIUS; MACROURIDAE; OPHIDIIDAE; PISCES; SPECTRUNCULUS GRANDIS; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 0036933906     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0833-6     Document Type: Article

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