Energy content of mesopelagic fish from Macquarie Island
The water and calorific content of fifteen species of mesopelagic sub-Antarctic fish from Macquarie Island were determined. Mean percent water content was 69-82%. Calorific content was highly variable between species, especially in the Myctophidae, where it ranged between 22.6-59.3 kJg-1 dry weight....
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:25486 2023-05-15T13:59:07+02:00 Energy content of mesopelagic fish from Macquarie Island Tierney, M Hindell, MA Goldsworthy, SD 2002 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102002000020 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/25486 en eng Cambridge University Press http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102002000020 Tierney, M and Hindell, MA and Goldsworthy, SD, Energy content of mesopelagic fish from Macquarie Island, Antarctic Science, 14, (3) pp. 225-230. ISSN 0954-1020 (2002) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/25486 Environmental Sciences Environmental Science and Management Wildlife and Habitat Management Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2002 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102002000020 2019-12-13T21:06:34Z The water and calorific content of fifteen species of mesopelagic sub-Antarctic fish from Macquarie Island were determined. Mean percent water content was 69-82%. Calorific content was highly variable between species, especially in the Myctophidae, where it ranged between 22.6-59.3 kJg-1 dry weight. The water and calorific content varied with size class within a species, with the smallest size classes generally having the lowest water content but highest calorific content. These values will be useful for future assessment of energetic transfer between trophic levels and energetic modelling of Southern Ocean ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Macquarie Island Southern Ocean eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic Southern Ocean Antarctic Science 14 3 225 230 |
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The water and calorific content of fifteen species of mesopelagic sub-Antarctic fish from Macquarie Island were determined. Mean percent water content was 69-82%. Calorific content was highly variable between species, especially in the Myctophidae, where it ranged between 22.6-59.3 kJg-1 dry weight. The water and calorific content varied with size class within a species, with the smallest size classes generally having the lowest water content but highest calorific content. These values will be useful for future assessment of energetic transfer between trophic levels and energetic modelling of Southern Ocean ecosystems. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102002000020 Tierney, M and Hindell, MA and Goldsworthy, SD, Energy content of mesopelagic fish from Macquarie Island, Antarctic Science, 14, (3) pp. 225-230. ISSN 0954-1020 (2002) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/25486 |
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