Trophic Ecology and Parasitism of a Mesopelagic Fish Assemblage
Mesopelagic (open ocean, 200-1000 m depth) fishes are important consumers of zooplankton and are prey of oceanic predators. Some mesopelagic fishes (e.g., myctophids and stomiids) undertake a diel vertical migration where they ascend to the near-surface waters during the night to feed and descend in...
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NSUWorks
2018
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Online Access: | https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/469 https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1474&context=occ_stuetd |