Population dynamics and spatial structure of the grey rockcod (Lepidonotothen squamifrons) in the vicinity of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Maschette, Dale, Burch, Paul, Farmer, Bryn, Woodcock, Emma, Péron, Clara, Cramer, Breanna, Gardner, Caleb, Welsford, Dirk, C
• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy, Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia (UTAS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2024
• Subjects: [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Heard; McDonald Islands; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04575590; https://hal.science/hal-04575590/document; https://hal.science/hal-04575590/file/Maschette%20Plos%20One%20-%20rockcod%20biology%202024.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298754

International audience The grey rockcod, Lepidonotothen squamifrons is an important prey species for seals, penguins and Patagonian toothfish ( Dissostichus eleginoides ) in the Southern Ocean. Across the Kerguelen Plateau, the species was fished to commercial extinction ( ca . 152 000 tonnes betwee...