Aggregations of Arctic deep-sea scavengers at large food falls: Temporal distribution, consumption rates and population structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 121-135

  Premke, Katrin ^a,b   Klages, Michael ^a   Arntz, Wolf E ^a  

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

^b Limnology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Deep sea; Eurythenes gryllus; Scavenger population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AMPHIPOD; BAIT; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCAVENGER; SIZE STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ARCTIC; FRAM STRAIT;

AMPHIPODA; EURYTHENES GRYLLUS; LYSIANASSOIDEA;

EID: 33845463862     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325121     Document Type: Article

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