The summer diet of demersal fish at the South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Takahashi, Masanori, Iwami, Tetsuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Bransfield Strait; Livingston Island; Elephant Island; Smith Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102097000527; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102097000527

The stomach contents of demersal fish in late January 1982 were analysed. Samples were taken at 100, 300 and 500 m depth south of Elephant Island, Bransfield Strait and north of Livingston Island, and at 800 m to the east of Smith Island. Fifty four taxa of fish belonging to 11 families were collect...