Bathymetric food habit changes in the antarctic fish, Notothenia gibberifrons Lönnberg. (Pisces: Nototheniidae).

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Moreno, Carlos A., Osorio, Hector H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1977
• Subjects: antarctic fishes; food habit; Notothenia gibberifrons; Antarctic; Doumer; Doumer Island; South Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021055; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/156643

The dietary composition of the antarctic fish Notothenia gibberifrons Lönnberg in a depth gradient was studied, from sea level until 200 meters in South Bay, Doumer Island, West Antarctic. The diet of this species varied across the depth gradient. Stomachs from specimens captured between the surface...