Larval fish community in the Bay of Whales (eastern Ross sea): Species composition, relative abundance and spatial distribution

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: La Mesa, Mario, Calì, Federico, Di Franco, Antonio, Riginella, Emilio, Donato, Fortunata, Russo, Stefania, Papetti, Chiara, Castagno, Pasquale, Memmola, Francesco, Zambianchi, Enrico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Larval assemblages Species composition Distribution Pleuragramma antarcticum Bay of whales Ross sea Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic silverfish; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/969600; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2024.105369; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064524000134

Early life stages of fish represent a key component in the food chain of the pelagic ecosystem of the Southern Ocean, connecting producer trophic levels to those of higher predators. Pelagic larvae and early juveniles of notothenioid fishes overwhelmingly dominate the ichthyoplankton community livin...