Antarctic demersal finfish around the Elephant and the South Orkney islands: distribution, abundance and biological characteristics

• Published in: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
• Main Authors: Arana, Patricio M., Jones, Christopher, Alegría, Nicolás A. A., Sarralde-Vizuete, Roberto, Rolleri, Renzo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso 2020
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Antarctica; Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias; finfish; relative abundance; biological characteristics; acoustic; environment; Antarctic; Elephant Island; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Notothenia rossii
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/15106; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/325226; http://lajar.ucv.cl/index.php/rlajar/article/download/vol48-issue2-fulltext-2469/1195; https://doi.org/10.3856/vol48-issue2-fulltext-2469

. A research survey for demersal finfish was completed using bottom trawl fishing gear, following a random stratified sampling design, between 50 and 500 m on shelf areas of Subarea 48.1 (Elephant Island) and Subarea 48.2 (South Orkney Island). An acoustic survey was simultaneously carried out to en...