The role of notothenioid fish in the food web of the Ross Sea shelf waters: A review

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 321-338

  La Mesa, M ^a   Eastman, J T ^b   Vacchi, M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIET; FOOD WEB; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; CETACEA; CICONIIFORMES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DELPHINIDAE; DISSOSTICHUS; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; PERCIFORMES; PHOCIDAE; PISCES; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; POLARIBACTER; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942720777     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0599-z     Document Type: Review

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