Size Influence in Zonation Patterns in Fishes and Crustaceans from Deep-water Communities of the Western Mediterranean

• Main Authors: Morales-Nin, Beatriz, Maynou, Francesc, Sardà, Francisco, Cartes, Joan Enric, Moranta, Joan, Massutí, Enric, Company, Joan B., Rotllant, Guiomar, Bozzano, Anna, Stefanescu, Constantino, Liró, Can
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization 2001
• Subjects: Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/208308

Scientific Council Meeting Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), September 2001.-- 18 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables The depth distribution of different taxa (fishes and decapod crustaceans) composing deep-sea communities in the SW Balearic Islands collected at two seasons, were analysed to compare the intensity of faunal change with depth to individual size, measured as mean individual weight, both within and between fish and decapods. The results are discussed on the light of the biological characteristics of the populations studied. Our conclusion is that there are complex distributions on mean weight by depth, determined mainly by trophic aspects and biological adaptations to the oligotrophic deep Mediterranean conditions