A review on mesopelagic fishes belonging to family Myctophidae

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-354

  Catul, Venecia ^a   Gauns, Manguesh ^a   Karuppasamy, P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Deep scattering layers; Lanternfishes; Oxygen minimum zone; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOMASS; DEEP-SEA FISHERY; FECUNDITY; FOOD WEB; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHOTIC ZONE; PREDATOR; TRAWLING; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; HYDROIDA; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79961027207     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-010-9176-4     Document Type: Review

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