Biological implications of low condition factor "axe handle" specimens of the Antarctic toothfish, Dissostichus mawsoni, from the Ross Sea

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 537-551

  Fenaughty, J M ^a   Eastman, Joseph T ^b   Sidell, Bruce D ^c  

^a Silvifish Resources Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Lipid deposits; Lipid metabolism; Migration; Notothenioidei; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLADISTICS; FEEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; WEIGHT;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; ELEGINOPS; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; PSEUDAPHRITIS;

EID: 55549120237     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001430     Document Type: Article

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