Distribution, population biology, and trophic ecology of the deepwater demersal fish halosauropsis macrochir (pisces: Halosauridae) on the mid-atlantic ridge

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bergstad, Odd Aksel ^a   Clark, Laura ^b   Hansen, Hege Overbø ^a   Cousins, Nicola ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOPOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DEMERSAL FISH; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HALOSAUROPSIS MACROCHIR; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OTOLITH; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION BIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; STOMACH;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; HALOSAURIDAE; HALOSAUROPSIS MACROCHIR; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION SCIENCES; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH;

EID: 84857467974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031493     Document Type: Article

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