Bait-attending fauna of the Kermadec Trench, SW Pacific Ocean: Evidence for an ecotone across the abyssal-hadal transition zone

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-62

  Jamieson, A J ^a   Kilgallen, N M ^b   Rowden, A A ^b   Fujii, T ^a   Horton, T ^c   Lorz A N ^b   Kitazawa, K ^d   Priede, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abyssal zone; Amphipoda; Bait attending fauna; Ecotone; Hadal zone; Kermadec Trench; Liparidae

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; AMPHIPODA; BAIT-ATTENDING FAUNA; ECOTONE; HADAL ZONE; KERMADEC TRENCH; LIPARIDAE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS;

ABYSSAL ZONE; BAIT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTONE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HADAL ZONE; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TAXONOMY; TELEOST; TRANSITION ZONE; TRENCH;

KERMADEC TRENCH; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; HIRONDELLEA DUBIA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROURIDAE; NATANTIA; SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE;

EID: 79151485104     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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