Feeding habits and niche separation among the deep-sea chimaeroid fishes Harriotta raleighana, Hydrolagus bemisi and Hydrolagus novaezealandiae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 407, Issue , 2010, Pages 209-225

  Dunn, Matthew R ^a   Griggs, Lynda ^a   Forman, Jeff ^a   Horn, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deep sea fish; Diet; Distribution; Ghost shark; New Zealand; Spookfish

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRAB; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DIET; ECHINODERM; EPIFAUNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; NICHE PARTITIONING; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHARK; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

CHATHAM RISE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; HARRIOTTA RALEIGHANA; HYDROLAGUS BEMISI; HYDROLAGUS NOVAEZEALANDIAE; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77954211685     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08580     Document Type: Article

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