Species composition and distributions of mesopelagic fishes over the slope of the north-central Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 1926-1956

  Ross, Steve W ^a   Quattrini, Andrea M ^b   Roa Varón, Adela Y ^a   McClain, Jennifer P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Deep sea corals; Diel migration; Gulf of Mexico; Micronekton; Midwater fishes; Seeps; USA; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEEP-SEA CORALS; DIEL MIGRATION; GULF OF MEXICO; MICRONEKTON; MIDWATER FISHES; SEEPS; USA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FISHERIES; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP WATER; DIEL MIGRATION; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MICRONEKTON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; ARGYROPELECUS ACULEATUS; BENTHOSEMA SUBORBITALE; CYCLOTHONE; CYCLOTHONE ACCLINIDENS; CYCLOTHONE ALBA; CYCLOTHONE BRAUERI; CYCLOTHONE OBSCURA; CYCLOTHONE PALLIDA; CYCLOTHONE PSEUDOPALLIDA; DIAPHUS DUMERILII; GONOSTOMA ELONGATUM; GONOSTOMATIDAE; HYGOPHUM BENOITI; HYGOPHUM TAANINGI; LEPIDOPHANES GUENTHERI; MYCTOPHIDAE; NOTOLYCHNUS VALDIVIAE; PHOSICHTHYIDAE; PISCES; STERNOPTYCHIDAE; STOMIIDAE; VALENCIENNELLUS TRIPUNCTULATUS; VINCIGUERRIA NIMBARIA; VINCIGUERRIA POWERIAE;

EID: 78349306285     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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