Bait-Attending Amphipods in the Deep Sea: A Comparison of Three Localities in the North-Eastern Atlantic
Scavenging amphipods were studied at three locations along the 20°W meridian in the north-eastern Atlantic using vertical arrays of baited traps. The sampling sites had several features in common. All amphipods captured belonged to the superfamily Lysianassoidea. Generally, highest densities of amph...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315400030599 2024-03-03T08:47:04+00:00 Bait-Attending Amphipods in the Deep Sea: A Comparison of Three Localities in the North-Eastern Atlantic Christiansen, Bernd 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400030599 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400030599 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 76, issue 2, page 345-360 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 Aquatic Science journal-article 1996 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400030599 2024-02-08T08:31:27Z Scavenging amphipods were studied at three locations along the 20°W meridian in the north-eastern Atlantic using vertical arrays of baited traps. The sampling sites had several features in common. All amphipods captured belonged to the superfamily Lysianassoidea. Generally, highest densities of amphipods were found in the bottom traps. Abundances as well as species diversity were strongly reduced in traps exposed from 8–500 m above bottom. However, differences between stations occurred in standing stocks, decreasing from north to south, in the taxonomic composition of the bait-attending amphipods and in the vertical distribution and size structure of the giant amphipod Eurythenes giyllus. . Possible reasons for the differences between the locations are discussed and the establishment of at least two provinces in terms of bait-attending amphipods in the eastern North Atlantic is suggested. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76 2 345 360 |
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Scavenging amphipods were studied at three locations along the 20°W meridian in the north-eastern Atlantic using vertical arrays of baited traps. The sampling sites had several features in common. All amphipods captured belonged to the superfamily Lysianassoidea. Generally, highest densities of amphipods were found in the bottom traps. Abundances as well as species diversity were strongly reduced in traps exposed from 8–500 m above bottom. However, differences between stations occurred in standing stocks, decreasing from north to south, in the taxonomic composition of the bait-attending amphipods and in the vertical distribution and size structure of the giant amphipod Eurythenes giyllus. . Possible reasons for the differences between the locations are discussed and the establishment of at least two provinces in terms of bait-attending amphipods in the eastern North Atlantic is suggested. |
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Bait-Attending Amphipods in the Deep Sea: A Comparison of Three Localities in the North-Eastern Atlantic |
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Bait-Attending Amphipods in the Deep Sea: A Comparison of Three Localities in the North-Eastern Atlantic |
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Bait-Attending Amphipods in the Deep Sea: A Comparison of Three Localities in the North-Eastern Atlantic |
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Bait-Attending Amphipods in the Deep Sea: A Comparison of Three Localities in the North-Eastern Atlantic |
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Bait-Attending Amphipods in the Deep Sea: A Comparison of Three Localities in the North-Eastern Atlantic |
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bait-attending amphipods in the deep sea: a comparison of three localities in the north-eastern atlantic |
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