Demersal fishes from the Antarctic shelf and deep sea: A diet study based on fatty acid patterns and gut content analyses

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2036-2042

  Würzberg, Laura ^a   Peters, Janna ^a   Flores, Hauke ^b   Brandt, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic fish diet; Deep sea; Fatty acid; Gut content; Shelf; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FISH; DEEP SEA; GUT CONTENTS; SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FISH; MEATS; NUTRITION;

FATTY ACIDS;

AMPHIPOD; BIOMARKER; DEEP SEA; DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; FATTY ACID; GASTROPOD; POLYCHAETE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; ARTEDIDRACONIDAE; BATHYDRACO; BATHYDRACONIDAE; CALANOIDA; CHANNICHTHYIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MACROURIDAE; NOTOTHENIIDAE; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; TREMATOMUS;

EID: 80052489850     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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