Community structure and feeding ecology of mesopelagic fishes in the slope waters of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1685-1708

  Pusch, C ^a   Hulley, P A ^b   Kock, K H ^c  

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

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Daily ration; Marine fish; Mesopelagic zone; Myctophidae; Predation; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; MYCTOPHIDS;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELECTRONA; ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; GYMNOSCOPELUS; GYMNOSCOPELUS BRAUERI; GYMNOSCOPELUS NICHOLSI; METRIDIA; METRIDIA GERLACHEI; MYCTOPHIDAE; PARADIPLOSPINUS GRACILIS; PISCES; PROTOMYCTOPHUM; PROTOMYCTOPHUM BOLINI;

EID: 5644285635     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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