Do abyssal scavengers use phytodetritus as a food resource? Video and biochemical evidence from the Atlantic and Mediterranean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-428

  Jeffreys, Rachel M ^a   Lavaleye, Marc S S ^a   Bergman, Magda J N ^a   Duineveld, Gerard C A ^a   Witbaard, Rob ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Deep sea; Diet; Fatty acids; Fish; Invertebrates; Isotopes; Mediterranean; Megafauna; Phytodetritus; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; DEEP-SEA; DIET; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN; MEGAFAUNA; PHYTODETRITUS; SCAVENGERS;

CAMERAS; ESTIMATION; FATTY ACIDS; FISH; FISHERIES; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION;

MEATS;

ABYSSAL ORGANISM; ABYSSAL ZONE; BIOMARKER; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DIET; FATTY ACID; GADOID; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCAVENGER; SEAFLOOR; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDION LEPIDION; MACROURIDAE; OPHIDIIDAE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 79952818470     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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