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Species composition and distribution of marine nekton in the Pacific Ocean off Oregon

Creator:

Pearcy, William G. and Oregon State University. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Abstract:

Knowledge of the pelagic organisms in vast areas of the open ocean is very limited. This is particularly true of the small nekton or swimming forms such as fishes, squid, prawns and euphausiids, which are important as intermediate animals in the food chain and are preyed upon by species such...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

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macroplankton is subsampled with a plankton splitter for further examination. RESULTS A total of 171