A vast icefish breeding colony discovered in the Antarctic

A breeding colony of notothenioid icefish ( Neopagetopsis ionah , Nybelin 1947) of globally unprecedented extent has been discovered in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. The colony was estimated to cover at least ∼240 km 2 of the eastern flank of the Filchner Trough, comprised of fish nests at a...

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Published in:Current Biology
Main Authors: Purser, Autun, Hehemann, Laura, Boehringer, Lilian, Tippenhauer, Sandra, Wege, Mia, Bornemann, Horst, Pineda-Metz, Santiago E.A., Flintrop, Clara M., Koch, Florian, Hellmer, Hartmut H., Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia, Janout, Markus, Werner, Ellen, Glemser, Barbara, Balaguer, Jenna, Rogge, Andreas, Holtappels, Moritz, Wenzhoefer, Frank
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Antarctic fish
icefish
Leptonychotes weddellii
marine protected area
modified warm deep water
MPA
Neopagetopsis ionah
Weddell Sea
Weddell seal
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctica
Icefish
Southern Ocean
Weddell Seal
Weddell Seals
Online Access:https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/9baec674-727e-4410-aeda-c0018050a35c
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.022
https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/files/199739230/PIIS0960982221016985.pdf

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