Evidence for two sympatric species of snipefishes Macroramphosus spp. (Syngnathiformes, Centriscidae) on Great Meteor Seamount

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-72

  Matthiessen, Birte ^a   Fock, Heino Ove ^b   von Westernhagen, Hein ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Great Meteor Seamount; Habitat partitioning; Macroramphosus; Sympatric species

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SYMPATRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT METEOR SEAMOUNT;

CENTRISCIDAE; COPEPODA; FORAMINIFERA; MACRORAMPHOSUS; MACRORAMPHOSUS GRACILIS; MACRORAMPHOSUS SCOLOPAX; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA; PTEROPODA; SCOLOPAX; SYNGNATHOIDEI;

EID: 0037366998     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0133-z     Document Type: Article

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