Depth zonation and latitudinal distribution of deep-sea scavenging demersal fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 42 to 53°N

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 263-274

  King, N J ^a   Bagley, P M ^a   Priede, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimora rostrata; Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus; Deep sea; Depth zonation; Landers; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Scavenging fish; Synaphobranchus kaupii

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; DEMERSAL FISH; SCAVENGER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

ANARHICHAS DENTICULATUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANTIMORA ROSTRATA; BATHYRAJA; CENTROSCYMNUS COELOLEPIS; CORYPHAENOIDES; CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; ETMOPTERUS PRINCEPS; HISTIOBRANCHUS BATHYBIUS; HYDROLAGUS AFFINIS; LEPIDION; LEPIDION EQUES; LYCENCHELYS ALBA; LYCODONUS; MACROURIDAE; MACROURUS BERGLAX; PISCES; PSEUDOTRIAKIS MICRODON; SIMENCHELYS PARASITICA; SPECTRUNCULUS; SYNAPHOBRANCHUS KAUPII; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 33748958622     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319263     Document Type: Article

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