Proximate composition and energy density of nototheniid and myctophid fish in McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 717-724

  Lenky, Crystal ^a   Eisert, Regina ^a,b   Oftedal, Olav T ^b   Metcalf, Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet; Dissostichus mawsoni; Nototheniid; Proximate composition; Ross Sea; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGETICS; DIET; FISH; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

BATHYLAGINAE; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; LEPIDONOTOTHEN SQUAMIFRONS; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MYCTOPHIDAE; NOTOTHENIIDAE; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; TREMATOMUS; TREMATOMUS EULEPIDOTUS; TREMATOMUS LEPIDORHINUS;

EID: 84859445439     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1116-9     Document Type: Article

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