The Vertical Distribution of Pelagic Decapods [Crustacea: Natantia] Collected on the Sond Cruise 1965 I. The Caridea

Foxton, P.

doi:10.1017/s0025315400005907

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“…1 & 2) in the eastern Gulf are generally similar to those in other mid-to low latitude areas (e.g. Chace 1940, Foxton 1970a, b, Donaldson 1975, Ziemann 1975, Walters 1976, there are apparent distributional features unique to this region. For example, the sergestid population is found at somewhat shallower depths during the day in the eastern Gulf than in the western North Atlantic near Bermuda and in the Pacific off Hawaii.…”

Section: Eastern Gulf Assemblagesupporting

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Structure and trophic ecology of a low latitude mid-water decapod and mysid assemblage

Hopkins¹,

Flock²,

Gartner³

et al. 1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The micronektonic crustacean assemblage in the eastern Gulf of Mexico is an extension of the low latitude Atlantic and Caribbean faunas. Species showed highly varying die1 distribution patterns ranging from a strong vertical migration to the epipelagic zone to absence of any migration resulting in a permanent residence deep in the mesopelagic zone. As in other low latitude areas, decapod species with variegated pigment patterns centered above 650 m during the day, whereas 'all-red' species centered below this depth. Standmg stocks were estimated at 0.18 g dry wt m-2 and 3 ind. m-2 in the upper 1000 m. Diet analysis revealed that crustaceans dominate as the main food biomass of sergestids (e.g. copepods, ostracods, euphausiids) while aristeids (Gennadas spp.) and carideans feed heavily on both fish and crustaceans. Among mysids, Gnathophausia ingens ingests mostly fish while eucopiids are primarily copepod feeders. Other common diet items of the micronektonic crustacean assemblage are chaetognaths, molluscs (pteropods, heteropods) and large phaeodarian radiolarians. Olive-green debris containing phytoplankton and protists was encountered in the diets of aU but 2 caridean species and the mysids. It was most prevalent in the diets of the Sergia species and the ansteids. A likely source of this material is 'marine snow'. The predation impact of the decapod and mysid population on zooplankton is estimated at 1 % of standing stocks and 18% of biomass production d-l. Combined results from cluster analyses of vertical distribution (space and time niche dimensions) and diet (food niche dunension) characteristics indicate that resource partitioning among the shrimp assemblage in the eastern Gulf of Mexico occurs at the between-species level.

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Section: Eastern Gulf Assemblagesupporting

confidence: 65%

Structure and trophic ecology of a low latitude mid-water decapod and mysid assemblage

Hopkins¹,

Flock²,

Gartner³

et al. 1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Decapod shrimp have been the subject of several vertical distribution and regional faunal studies in the Atlantic and confluent seas (Foxton 1970a, 1970b, 1972a, Kensley 1971a, 1971b, Crosnier & Forest 1973, Foxton & Roe 1974, Donaldson 1975, Heffernan & Hopkins 1981, Roe 1984, Pohle 1988, Hopkins et al 1989, Andersen & Sardou 1992, Cartes et al 1994, Flock & Hopkins 1992, Hopkins et al 1994, Hargreaves 1999, Koukouros et al 2000, Politou et al 2005, Pequegnat & Wicksten 2006, MacIsaac 2013, Cardoso et al 2014, but there has not been an accounting to date of the entire shrimp fauna over the entire ocean. This study is based on examination of 938 midwater-trawl collections taken in the North and South Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico by ships of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) between 1963 and 1974.…”

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confidence: 99%

Geographical distribution of pelagic decapod shrimp in the Atlantic Ocean

Judkins

2014

Zootaxa

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“…Foxton 1970, Gjøsaeter and Kawaguchi 1980. The majority of these organisms exhibit extensive diurnal vertical migration, from water depths below 1500 m at daytime into the more productive surface layers during night (e.g.…”

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Parasite fauna of the mediterranean grenadier Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR)

Kellermanns

Klimpel

Palm

2009

Acta Parasitologica

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A total of 38 Coryphaenoides mediterraneus from the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone (CGFZ), a part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), was studied for parasites and feeding ecology. Sixteen different parasite species were found, most of them belonging to the Digenea (6 species) and Nematoda (6). Twelve new host and 11 new locality records were established, and 8 deep-sea generalists and 5 deep-sea specialists were found. Twelve adult and 3 larval parasites occurred, with Allopodocotyle margolisi (Digenea), Tetraphyllidea indet. (Scolex pleuronectis, Cestoda) and Ascarophis longiovata (Nematoda) being the predominant species. These parasites reached a prevalence of 50.0%, 86.8% and 68.4% with an intensity of infection of 1-10, 1-91 and 1-74, respectively. The food consisted of crustaceans and cephalopods; no further prey items such as fish could be identified. Coryphaenoides mediterraneus demonstrates a parasite fauna similar to that of other deep-sea macrourids. No MAR-specific parasite species were found, and the collected helminths are common fish parasites of the North Atlantic deep-sea basin and the adjacent continental shelf regions. Only few larval epipelagic generalists such as ascaridoid nematodes were found, due to the deep origin of the studied fish between 1700-3500 m. The recorded species rich parasite fauna reflects the wide depth range and opportunistic feeding behaviour of C. mediterraneus on benthopelagic food. The recorded parasite species composition around the MAR appears to be similar to other deep-sea locations in the Atlantic Ocean, demonstrating the wide zoogeographical distribution of these deep-sea metazoans. Consequences of the MAR, the CGFZ and the homogeneous deep-sea environmental conditions for the parasite species distribution are discussed.

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The Vertical Distribution of Pelagic Decapods [Crustacea: Natantia] Collected on the Sond Cruise 1965 I. The Caridea

Cited by 81 publications

References 16 publications

Structure and trophic ecology of a low latitude mid-water decapod and mysid assemblage

Structure and trophic ecology of a low latitude mid-water decapod and mysid assemblage

Geographical distribution of pelagic decapod shrimp in the Atlantic Ocean

Parasite fauna of the mediterranean grenadier Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR)

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