The role of carrion supply in the abundance of deep-water fish off California.

Few time series of deep-sea systems exist from which the factors affecting abyssal fish populations can be evaluated. Previous analysis showed an increase in grenadier abundance, in the eastern North Pacific, which lagged epibenthic megafaunal abundance, mostly echinoderms, by 9-20 months. Subsequen...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeffrey C Drazen, David M Bailey, Henry A Ruhl, Kenneth L Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23133679/pdf/?tool=EBI