Energy content of Antarctic mesopelagic fishes:Implications for the marine food web

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Van de Putte, Anton, Flores, Hauke, Volckaert, Filip, van Franeker, Jan Andries
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; KING-GEORGE-ISLAND; PROXIMATE COMPOSITION; FATTY-ACID; FUR SEALS; ARCTOCEPHALUS-GAZELLA; ELECTRONA-ANTARCTICA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; OPEN WATERS; Antarctic; King George Island; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Arctocephalus gazella; E. Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/a899e822-73c1-4a61-b0c6-38d54b9f20e9; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/a899e822-73c1-4a61-b0c6-38d54b9f20e9; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0148-z

For a better understanding of the role of mesopelagic fish in the Southern Ocean food web, the energy and water content of Bathylagus antarcticus, Electrona antarctica and Gymnoscopelus braueri from the Lazarev Sea were investigated. Mean dry weight energy content of B. antarcticus (20.4 kJ g(-1)) w...