Observations on euphausiid communities of the south coast of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorGibbons, Mark J.
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-02T13:00:38Z
dc.date.available2012-07-02T13:00:38Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.description.abstractA total of 24 species of euphausiid was collected during a survey along the South African south coast during January 1992. Communities over the Agulhas Bank were of low diversity and abundance and were dominated by Nycliphanes capensis. Those at the shelf-edge were of high diversity and abundance and were dominated by Euphausia recurI'll and Thysalloessa gregaria. Such high diversity may be maintained by vertical scgregation at night. Few species displayed obvious diel vertical migration, although N. capen sis may be able to maintain itself on the shelf by means of this behaviour. E. recurl'Cl appeared to feed on phytoplankton throughout the water column at night, reflecting the distribution of food.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGibbons, M.J. (1995). Observations on euphausiid communities of the south coast of South Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science 16: 141-148en_US
dc.identifier.issn02577615
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/374
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmittertrue
dc.publisherNISC (Pty) Ltd and Taylor& Francisen_US
dc.rightsThe South African Journal of Marine Science (now African Journal Marine Science) is published by NISC (Pty) Ltd and Taylor& Francis and available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tams20. Publisher authorised author to deposit this file.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2989/025776195784156674
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectEuphausiidsen_US
dc.subjectAgulhas Banken_US
dc.subjectNyctiphanes capensisen_US
dc.subjectEuphausia recurvaen_US
dc.subjectThysanoessa gregariaen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectAbundanceen_US
dc.subjectVertical distributionen_US
dc.subjectGut pigmenten_US
dc.titleObservations on euphausiid communities of the south coast of South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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