The role of fish in the Antarctic marine food web: differences between inshore and offshore waters in the southern Scotia Arc and west Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: BARRERA-ORO, ESTEBAN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Antarctic Ocean; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102002000111; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102002000111

The role of fish in the Antarctic food web in inshore and offshore waters is analysed, taking as an example the coastal marine communities of the southern Scotia Arc (South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands) and the west Antarctic Peninsula. Inshore, the ecological role of demersal fish is m...