Abyssal Scavenging Communities attracted to Sargassum and fish in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-147

  Fleury, Aharon G ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Baited camera; Deep sea; Isopod; Ophidiid; Sargasso Sea; Sargassum

Indexed keywords

BAITED CAMERA; DEEP-SEA; ISOPOD; OPHIDIID; SARGASSO SEA; SARGASSUM;

CAMERAS; EXPERIMENTS;

FISH;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ABYSSAL ORGANISM; BAIT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISOPOD; MACROALGA; NEKTON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SARGASSO SEA;

BATHYOPSURUS; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MACROURIDAE; OPHIDIIDAE; OPHIUROIDEA; SARGASSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84872110644     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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