Scavenging by megabenthos and demersal fish on the South Georgia slope

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Yau, Cynthia, Collins, Martin A., Bagley, Phil .M., Everson, Inigo, Priede, Imants G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2002
• Subjects: Hake; Shag Rocks; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17535/; http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FANS%2FANS14_01%2FS0954102002000536a.pdf&code=62b5786513091234b1a15cd526574854

The scavenging megafauna of the South Georgia and Shag Rocks slope in the south-west Atlantic (625-15 19 m) were investigated using autonomous baited camera systems. Two surveys were conducted: the first in 1997 (13 deployments) used a conventional 35 mm stills camera with a 200 J flash, whilst the...