Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Halosauropsis macrochir ranked amongst the most abundant and widespread demersal fishes on the mid-Atlantic Ridge of the North Atlantic (Iceland-Azores) with greatest abundance at 1700–3500 m. All sizes, ranging from 10–76 cm total length, occurred in the area without any apparent spatial pattern or...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/109238 2023-05-15T16:51:05+02:00 Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Bergstad, Odd Aksel Clark, Laura Hansen, Hege Ø. Cousins, Nicola 2012-02-22 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/109238 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031493 eng eng PLoS ONE urn:issn:1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/109238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031493 e31493 7 PLoS ONE 2 demersal fish bunnfisk stock assessment bestandsberegning sampling prøvetaking distribution utbredelse VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 VDP::Social science: 200::Library and information science: 320::Knowledge retrieval and organization: 323 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Mathematics: 410::Analysis: 411 Journal article Peer reviewed 2012 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031493 2021-09-23T20:14:36Z Halosauropsis macrochir ranked amongst the most abundant and widespread demersal fishes on the mid-Atlantic Ridge of the North Atlantic (Iceland-Azores) with greatest abundance at 1700–3500 m. All sizes, ranging from 10–76 cm total length, occurred in the area without any apparent spatial pattern or depth trend. Using otolith sections displaying growth increments assumed to represent annuli, the age range recorded was 2–36 years, but most individuals were ,20 years. Length and weight at age data were used to fit growth models. No differences between sexes in length and weight at age were observed. The majority of samples had a surplus of males. Diet analysis showed that H. macrochir feeds on Crustacea, Teleostei, Polychaeta, and Cephalopoda, but few prey could be identified to lower taxonomical levels. The mid-Atlantic Ridge constitutes a major portion of the North Atlantic living space of the abyssal halosaur where it completes its full life cycle, primarily as an actively foraging euryophagous micronekton/epibenthos and infauna feeder, becoming a partial piscivore with increasing size. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland North Atlantic Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Mid-Atlantic Ridge PLoS ONE 7 2 e31493 |
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demersal fish bunnfisk stock assessment bestandsberegning sampling prøvetaking distribution utbredelse VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 VDP::Social science: 200::Library and information science: 320::Knowledge retrieval and organization: 323 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Mathematics: 410::Analysis: 411 |
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demersal fish bunnfisk stock assessment bestandsberegning sampling prøvetaking distribution utbredelse VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 VDP::Social science: 200::Library and information science: 320::Knowledge retrieval and organization: 323 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Mathematics: 410::Analysis: 411 Bergstad, Odd Aksel Clark, Laura Hansen, Hege Ø. Cousins, Nicola Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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demersal fish bunnfisk stock assessment bestandsberegning sampling prøvetaking distribution utbredelse VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 VDP::Social science: 200::Library and information science: 320::Knowledge retrieval and organization: 323 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Mathematics: 410::Analysis: 411 |
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Halosauropsis macrochir ranked amongst the most abundant and widespread demersal fishes on the mid-Atlantic Ridge of the North Atlantic (Iceland-Azores) with greatest abundance at 1700–3500 m. All sizes, ranging from 10–76 cm total length, occurred in the area without any apparent spatial pattern or depth trend. Using otolith sections displaying growth increments assumed to represent annuli, the age range recorded was 2–36 years, but most individuals were ,20 years. Length and weight at age data were used to fit growth models. No differences between sexes in length and weight at age were observed. The majority of samples had a surplus of males. Diet analysis showed that H. macrochir feeds on Crustacea, Teleostei, Polychaeta, and Cephalopoda, but few prey could be identified to lower taxonomical levels. The mid-Atlantic Ridge constitutes a major portion of the North Atlantic living space of the abyssal halosaur where it completes its full life cycle, primarily as an actively foraging euryophagous micronekton/epibenthos and infauna feeder, becoming a partial piscivore with increasing size. |
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Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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Distribution, Population Biology, and Trophic Ecology of the Deepwater Demersal Fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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distribution, population biology, and trophic ecology of the deepwater demersal fish halosauropsis macrochir (pisces: halosauridae) on the mid-atlantic ridge |
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