Species composition and distribution patterns of fishes captured by longlines on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 203-217

  Fossen, I ^a,d   Cotton, C F ^b   Bergstad, O A ^c   Dyb, J E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Moere Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Demersal fishes; Distribution; Longline; Mid Atlantic Ridge; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FISH;

DEMERSAL FISHES; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMERSAL FISH; DEPTH; DOMINANCE; LATITUDE; LONGLINING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHARK; WEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

ETMOPTERUS PRINCEPS; PISCES;

EID: 38349001164     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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