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Aggregations of myctophid fishes with other pelagic fauna
| Title: | Aggregations of myctophid fishes with other pelagic fauna. |
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| Name(s): |
Auster, P. J., creator Griswold, C. A., creator Youngbluth, Marsh J., creator Bailey, T. G., creator |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1992 | |
| Publisher: | Springer | |
| Extent: | 8 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3333202 (digitool), FADT3333202 (IID), fau:6280 (fedora), 10.1007/BF00002187 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Direct underwater observations of myctophid fishes were conducted to 630 m in submarine canyons along the outer margin of the northeast United States continental shelf with the Johnson-Sea-Link II submersible. Data revealed that myctophids occurred in aggregations of other pelagic fauna (e.g., ctenophores, sergestids, amphipods) when densities of the former were low but the latter were high. We suggest that myctophids selectively occur with other pelagic fauna to reduce the probability of direct contact with predators and to take advantage of aggregate search abilities for common prey taxa. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Auster, P. J., Griswold, C. A., Youngbluth, M. J., & Bailey, T. J. (1992). Aggregations of myctophid fishes with other pelagic fauna. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 35(2), 133-139. doi:10.1007/BF00002187 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #901. |
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| Subject(s): |
Myctophidae Submersibles Predator and prey Fishes--Behavior |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333202 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00002187 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1992 Springer | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
