What a lucky shot! Photographic evidence for a medium-sized natural food-fall at the deep seafloor

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 623-628

  Soltwedel, Thomas ^a   Von Juterzenka, Karen ^a   Premke, Katrin ^a   Klages, Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carcasses; Deep sea; Food falls; Imagery; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NEKTON; PARTICULATE FLUX; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCAVENGER; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

CETACEA; INVERTEBRATA; LETHRINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344066222     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(03)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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