Distribution, abundance and ecological relevance of pelagic fishes in the Lazarev Sea, Southern Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 367, Issue , 2008, Pages 271-282

  Flores, Hauke ^a,b   Van De Putte, Anton P ^c   Siegel, Volker ^d   Pakhomov, Evgeny A ^e,f   Van Franeker, Jan A ^a   Meesters, Hugo W G ^a   Volckaert, Filip A M ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Energy; Fish abundance; Fish ecology; Fish larvae; Food web; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRAWLING; WATER COLUMN;

LAZAREV SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BATHYLAGUS ANTARCTICUS; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; GYMNOSCOPELUS BRAUERI; MYCTOPHIDAE; NOTOLEPIS COATSI; PISCES; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM;

EID: 53949084457     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07530     Document Type: Article

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