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Trophic model of the outer continental shelf and upper slope demersal community of the southeastern Brazilian Bight

Scientia Marina, 2012
It is increasingly recognized that demersal communities are important for the functioning of continental shelf and slope ecosystems around the world, including tropical regions. Demersal communities are most prominent in areas of high detritus production
Marcela C. Nascimento, Gonzalo Velasco, Thomas A. Okey, Villy Christensen, A. Cecília Z. Amaral   +4 more
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Larval assemblages over the abyssal plain in the Pacific are highly diverse and spatially patchy [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Abyssal plains are among the most biodiverse yet least explored marine ecosystems on our planet, and they are increasingly threatened by human impacts, including future deep seafloor mining.
Oliver Kersten, Eric W. Vetter, Michelle J. Jungbluth, Craig R. Smith, Erica Goetze   +4 more
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Investment prospects in marine capture fisheries [PDF]

, 1987
An examination is made of investment prospects in the Nigerian marine fisheries, considering the following sectors: inshore demersal fishery; inshore pelagic fishery; and the offshore pelagic fishery.
Fadayomi, N.O.
core  

Reproduction and embryonic development of monkeyface prickleback Cebidichthys violaceus in captivity

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the sequence of embryonic and larval development and the factors necessary to induce reproduction in captivity are critical for developing new species for commercial or conservation aquaculture. In this study, we describe the adult reproductive behaviours and development of eggs, embryos and early larvae of captive monkeyface ...
Kevin D. Hinterman, Matthew R. Hoehn, Luke D. Gardner, Scott L. Hamilton   +3 more
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Benthic megafaunal and demersal fish assemblages on the chilean continental margin: the influence of the oxygen minimum zone on bathymetric distribution

Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2009
We thank all participants of the R/V Sonne 156 Cruise (PUCK Expedition 2001) who contributed to the success of this study. The expedition was funded by the German BMBF (No. 03GO156A) and organized in the framework of the FONDAP Humboldt Program 1997-2000 (CONICYT, Chile).
Quiroga-Jamett, Eduardo, Sellanes-López, Rogelio, Dieter, Gerdes, Gallardo-Gallardo, Víctor, Hebbeln, Dierk, Wolf, Amtz   +5 more
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Ecosystem functioning of two marine food webs in the North‐Western Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea)

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The ecosystem functioning of two marine food webs covering the north‐eastern (Salento) and south‐western (Calabria) sectors of the North‐Western Ionian Sea (NWIS) (Central Mediterranean Sea) was investigated through a food‐web model.
Pasquale Ricci, Simone Libralato, Francesca Capezzuto, Gianfranco D’Onghia, Porzia Maiorano, Letizia Sion, Angelo Tursi, Cosimo Solidoro, Roberto Carlucci   +8 more
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Parasite metacommunity structure of Mullus argentinae Hubbs & Marini, 1933 (Actinopterygii: Mullidae) off Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Mullus argentinae Hubbs & Marini, 1933 is a common demersal fish that inhabits the Brazilian and Argentinean coastal zone. A total of 200 specimens of M.
RAQUEL O. SIMÕES, THIAGO S. CARDOSO, ALDENICE NAZARÉ PEREIRA, FABIANO PASCHOAL, JOSÉ LUIS LUQUE   +4 more
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First record of an Odontaspidid shark in Ascension Island waters [PDF]

, 2019
The occurrence of the poorly understood shark species Odontapsis ferox is reported at an oceanic seamount in the central south Atlantic, within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Ascension Island.
Burgess, George H., Richardson, Andrew J., Shepherd, Charles M., Weber, Sam B.   +3 more
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Spatial habitat partitioning enables coexistence of three Gobiidae species in estuarine environments

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines resource partitioning (feeding morphology, diet and habitat partitioning) among three gobiid species, the Knysna sandgoby Psammogobius knysnaensis, the prison goby Caffrogobius gilchristi and the river goby Glossogobius callidus, within an estuarine environment.
Phumza M. Ndaleni, Josie South, Leopold A. J. Nagelkerke, Olaf L. F. Weyl, Phakama Nodo, Nicola C. James   +5 more
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Regional oceanography affects humpback whale entanglements in set fishing gear

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Humpback whales Megaptera novaengliae undertake annual migrations along eastern Australia, where they can be susceptible to entanglement in set fishing gear.
Hayden T. Schilling, Adelaide V. Dedden, Susan Crocetti, Geoff Liggins, Shona Lorigan, Andrew Marshall, Tracey L. Rogers, Amandine Schaeffer, Iain M. Suthers, Daniel D. Johnson   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source