Distribution patterns of oceanic micronekton at seamounts and hydrographic fronts of the subtropical Atlantic Ocean

• Main Author: Diekmann, Rabea
• Other Authors: Schnack, Dietrich, Rosenthal, Harald
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: ddc:590; thesis; Cephalopoda; paralarvae; fishlarvae; Sargasso Sea; seamounts; community composition; retention; gap formation; diel vertical migration; distribution patterns; Atlantischer Ozean <Nord>; Tiefseeberg; Pelagial; Meeresfische; Kopffüßer; Tiergesellschaft; Wassertiefe; Subtropen; Meteor Seamount; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8-diss-12081; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00001208; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dissertation_derivate_00001208/d1208.pdf

In the past the oceanic environment has often been compared with terrestrial deserts and until today relatively little is known about the ecology of the high seas. Within the present study pelagic oceanic communities of cephalopods and fish in the subtropical North Atlantic were investigated, and it...