Vertical migration and diel feeding periodicity of the skinnycheek lanternfish (Benthosema pterotum) in the Red Sea
dc.contributor.author | Dypvik, Eivind | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaartvedt, Stein | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-07T14:15:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-07T14:15:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-11-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vertical migration and diel feeding periodicity of the skinnycheek lanternfish (Benthosema pterotum) in the Red Sea 2013, 72:9 Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers | |
dc.identifier.issn | 09670637 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.10.012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10754/552460 | |
dc.description.abstract | The vertical migration and diel feeding periodicity of the skinnycheek lanternfish (Benthosema pterotum) were studied by use of a hull-mounted 38 kHz echo sounder, ROV-deployments and net-sampling at two locations (∼24°48′N, ∼36°15′E and ∼21°27′N, ∼38°5′E) in the central Red Sea. The mesopelagic zone of the Red Sea represents an unusual environment with very high temperatures (∼22 °C) and low zooplankton concentrations (<10 individuals m−3 below 600 m). The skinnycheek lanternfish performed normal diel vertical migration from ∼500 to 750 m during daytime to the epipelagic zone (upper ∼200 m) at night. A strict feeding periodicity occurred; with the skinnycheek lanternfish foraging on zooplankton throughout the night, while rapidly digesting the preceding nocturnal meal in the warm mesopelagic region. We hypothesize that the constrained epipelagic distribution of zooplankton and the unusual warm waters of the Red Sea force the whole population to ascend and feed in epipelagic waters every night, as the prey-ration eaten each night is fully digested at mesopelagic depths during daytime. | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.relation.url | http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0967063712002105 | |
dc.rights | Archived with thanks to Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
dc.subject | Benthosema pterotum | |
dc.subject | Skinnycheek lanternfish | |
dc.subject | Acoustic scattering layers | |
dc.subject | Diel vertical migration | |
dc.subject | Feeding periodicity | |
dc.title | Vertical migration and diel feeding periodicity of the skinnycheek lanternfish (Benthosema pterotum) in the Red Sea | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division | |
dc.contributor.department | Marine Science Program | |
dc.contributor.department | Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) | |
dc.identifier.journal | Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers | |
dc.eprint.version | Publisher's Version/PDF | |
kaust.person | Dypvik, Eivind | |
kaust.person | Kaartvedt, Stein | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-06-14T06:12:15Z | |
dc.date.published-online | 2012-11-13 | |
dc.date.published-print | 2013-02 |
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