A nursery area for the Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarcticum at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea): first estimate of distribution and abundance of eggs and larvae under the seasonal sea-ice.

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: M. Vacchi, A. L. DeVries, C. W. Evans, M. Bottaro, L. Cutroneo, GHIGLIOTTI, LAURA, PISANO, EVA
• Other Authors: Vacchi, M., Devries, A. L., Evans, C. W., Bottaro, M., Ghigliotti, Laura, Cutroneo, L., Pisano, Eva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Terra Nova Bay; Gerlache; Drygalski; Gerlache Inlet; Coulman Island; Drygalski Glacier; Silverfish Bay; Antarc*; Antarctic silverfish; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/382425; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1199-y

Pleuragramma antarcticum is the dominant pelagic fish in the waters of the continental shelf in high Antarctic regions, where it plays a key role in the food web. A nursery ground for eggs of this species was first identified in 2002 in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea), where eggs were found trapped in ice...