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| Pethybridge, H.; Daley, R.; Virtue, P.; Butler, E. C. V.; Cossa, Daniel; Nichols, P. D.. |
| Total mercury (Hg) concentrations and lipid composition data, including fatty acid profiles, for 61 midtrophic species (fish, cephalopods, crustaceans) collected from continental slope waters off south-east Australia were examined. Overall, Hg concentrations were greatest in fish (0.01-0.30 mu g g(-1) ww) (with highest content found in barracouta (Thyrsites atun) and whiptails (Coelorinchus fasciatus)), compared with cephalopods (0.01 and 0.17 mu g g(-1) ww) and crustaceans (<0.04 mu g g(-1) ww). Lipid composition varied between species and within habitat (mesopelagic, bathypelagic and benthic). Mean total lipid content ranged from 0.5 to 13.2% ww, and in most species was dominated by triacylglycerols and phospholipids. In fish and squid, fatty acids... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep-sea; Ecosystem dynamics; Fatty acids; Lipids; Mercury; Mid-trophic prey; Mid-water. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00016/12685/9655.pdf |
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| Perissinotto, R.; Mayzaud, P.; Nichols, P. D.; Labat, J. P.. |
| Pyrosomas are colonial tunicates capable of forming dense aggregations. Their trophic function in the ocean, as well as their ecology and physiology in general, are extremely poorly known. During the ANTARES-4 survey (January and February 1999) their feeding dynamics were investigated in the south Indian Ocean. Results show that their in situ clearance rates may be among the highest recorded in any pelagic grazer, with up to 35 1 h(-1) per colony (length: 17.9 +/- 4.3 [SD] cm). Gut pigment destruction rates, estimated for the first time in this tunicate group, are higher than those previously measured in salps and appendicularians, ranging from 54 to virtually 100% (mean: 79.7 +/- 19.8 %) of total pigment ingested. Although individual colony ingestion... |
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Palavras-chave: Pyrosoma; Pelagic tunicates; Gut pigment content; Gut turnover time; Ingestion rates; Clearance rates; Lipid content; Agulhas Front. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00236/34736/33179.pdf |
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