The effects of submarine canyons and the oxygen minimum zone on deep-sea fish assemblages off Hawai'i

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-70

  De Leo, Fabio C ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey C ^a   Vetter, Eric W ^b   Rowden, Ashley A ^c   Smith, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Demersal fish; Habitat heterogeneity; Hawai'i; Organic matter input; Oxygen minimum zone; Species richness; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMARINE CANYON;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBMARINES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEEP SEA; DEMERSAL FISH; HETEROGENEITY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE SLOPE; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VIDEOGRAPHY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOLOKAI; UNITED STATES;

CHLOROPHTHALMUS; CONGRIDAE; HALOSAURIDAE; MACROURIDAE; OPHIDIIDAE; SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE;

EID: 84862804851     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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