First Insight of Meso- and Bentho-Pelagic Fish Dynamics Around Remote Seamounts in the South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Fabio Campanella, Martin A. Collins, Emma F. Young, Vladimir Laptikhovsky, Paul Whomersley, Jeroen van der Kooij
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: seamount; Tristan da Cunha; Maurolicus; bentho-pelagic fishes; Blue Belt; fisheries acoustics; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Tristan; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.663278; https://doaj.org/article/a82ed5c579224b3187cc841555ffb742

Seamounts have long been recognised as hotspots for pelagic productivity and diversity in the world’s open ocean habitats. Recent studies have suggested that productivity may vary greatly between different seamounts, depending on complex interactions between the bathymetric features and local oceano...