Consumption of large bathyal food fall, a six month study in the NE Atlantic

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Kemp, Kirsty M., Jamieson, Alan J., Bagley, Philip M., McGrath, Helen, Bailey, David M., Collins, Martin A., Priede, Imants G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2006
• Subjects: Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Pacific; Hake; Porcupine Seabight; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/70/; http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2006/310/m310p065.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps310065

We deployed 2 porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) carcasses at bathyal depth (2555 to 2710 m) in the Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic for periods of 1 wk and 6 mo respectively. Consumption rates of 0.085 and 0.078 kg h–1 were similar to those observed at abyssal depths in the Atlantic, and 1 order of magnit...