Deep-sea scavenging demersal fish fauna of the Nazaré Canyon system, Iberian coast, north-east Atlantic Ocean

A baited imaging lander was deployed six times in the Nazaré Canyon at depths from 909 to 4361 m during August 2005 to investigate the demersal scavenging fishes. Species observed and lander-derived abundance estimates were similar to previous data from the Porcupine Seabight and abyssal plain, nort...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Biology
Main Authors: King, N., Jamieson, A.J., Bagley, P.M., Priede, I.G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Porcupine Seabight
North East Atlantic
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519148/
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01834.x
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Summary:A baited imaging lander was deployed six times in the Nazaré Canyon at depths from 909 to 4361 m during August 2005 to investigate the demersal scavenging fishes. Species observed and lander-derived abundance estimates were similar to previous data from the Porcupine Seabight and abyssal plain, north-east Atlantic Ocean.

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