Diversity and community structure of pelagic fishes to 5000m depth in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 24-26, 2010, Pages 2220-2233

  Sutton, Tracey T ^a   Wiebe, Peter H ^b   Madin, Laurence ^b   Bucklin, Ann ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathypelagic; Diversity; Mesopelagic; Midwater fish; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BATHYPELAGIC; DIVERSITY; MESOPELAGIC; MIDWATER FISH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FISHERIES; FORESTRY; GENE ENCODING; OCEAN HABITATS;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CENSUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; ORDINATION; PELAGIC FISH; SAMPLING; TRAWLING; TYPE SPECIMEN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

CERATIOIDEA; CERATIOIDEI; CYCLOTHONE BRAUERI; LOPHIIFORMES; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; STOMIIDAE;

EID: 78650177623     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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