Spatial distribution of pelagic fish off Adelie and George V Land, East Antarctica in the austral summer 2008
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| Date | 2011-08 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Moteki Masato1, Koubbi Philippe2, 3, Pruvost Patrice4, Tavernier Eric5, Hulley Percy-Alexander6 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Tokyo Univ Marine Sci & Technol, Dept Ocean Sci, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088477, Japan. 2 : Univ Paris 06, UMR 7093, Lab Oceanog Villefranche, F-06234 Villefranche Sur Mer, France. 3 : CNRS, UMR 7093, LOV, F-06234 Villefranche Sur Mer, France. 4 : MNHN, Collect Ichthyol CP26, Museum Natl Hist Nat, F-75231 Paris 05, France. 5 : IUT Calais Boulogne, Dpt Genie Biol, F-62327 Boulogne Sur Mer, France. 6 : Iziko South African Museum, Dept Marine Biol, ZA-8000 Cape Town, South Africa. |
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| Source | Polar Science (1873-9652) (Elsevier Science Bv), 2011-08 , Vol. 5 , N. 2 , P. 211-224 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.polar.2011.04.001 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 21 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Pelagic fish, Community structure, East Antarctica, Mesopelagic fish, Notothenioids | ||||||||
| Abstract | Pelagic fish assemblages and community structure were examined along longitudinal and meridian transects off Adelie and George V Land, East Antarctica, in the austral summer 2008. Fish were sampled with an RMT 8 net principally from six discrete depth layers (0-50-100-200-500-100-2000 m) in the oceanic zone and from three depth layers (0-50-100-200 m) over the continental shelf zone. A total of 20,281 individuals from 27 species were collected. Pleuragramma antarcticum was the most dominant species by number (18,710 inds), followed by Chionodraco hamatus (768), Trematomus newnesi (375), Cyclothone microdon (101), Electrona antarctica (92), Bathylagus antarcticus (51) and Notolepis coatsi (54). Cluster analysis revealed that the fish community was clearly divided at the Antarctic Slope Front into separate oceanic and shelf assemblages, being dominated by mesopelagic fish and notothenioids, respectively. The Southern Boundary of Antarctic Circumpolar Current likely restricted a more northern distribution of notothenioids in the upper 200 m. Mesopelagic fish dominated the large biomass below 500 m and notothenioids dominated that in the upper 100 m. It is considered that mesopelagic fish in the oceanic zone would unlikely be eaten by seabirds because no distinctive diel vertical migration to the surface layer was observed. In the neritic zone, notothenioids (C. hamatus, T. newnesi and P. antarcticum) possibly play an important role as prey items for flying seabirds, penguins and other notothenioids fish especially in the shallow depth stratum (0-100 m). | ||||||||
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