Photographic survey of benthos provides insights into the Antarctic fish fauna from the Marguerite Bay slope and the Amundsen Sea

Antarctic Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-43

  Eastman, Joseph T ^a   Amsler, Margaret O ^b   Aronson, Richard B ^c   Thatje, Sven ^d   McClintock, James B ^b   Vos, Stephanie C ^c   Kaeli, Jeffrey W ^e   Singh, Hanumant ^e   Mesa, Mario La ^f  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chionobathyscus; Dissostichus; Lepidonotothen; Macrourus; Notothenioidei; Pogonophryne

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CRUSTACEAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PHOTOGRAPHY; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY; WATER COLUMN; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ARTEDIDRACONIDAE; BATHYDRACONIDAE; CHANNICHTHYIDAE; CHIONOBATHYSCUS; CHIONOBATHYSCUS DEWITTI; COPEPODA; DISSOSTICHUS; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; LEPIDONOTOTHEN; LEPIDONOTOTHEN SQUAMIFRONS; MACROURIDAE; MACROURUS; MACROURUS WHITSONI; MELANOSTIGMA GELATINOSUM; NOTOTHENIIDAE; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; PISCES; POGONOPHRYNE; TREMATOMUS; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 84873868300     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000697     Document Type: Review

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