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North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)Date
2005
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1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Working Group History 2. SPECIES COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS RELATED TO WATER MASSES 2.1 Mesopelagic Fishes 2.1.1 Dominant families2.1.2 Large-scale feeding and/or spawning migration or expatriation?2.1.3 Definition of water masses2.1.4 Species composition 2.2 Crustacean Micronekton 2.2.1 Euphausiids2.2.2 Mysids and decapods2.3 Cephalopod Micronekton 2.3.1 Family Enoploteuthidae2.3.2 Family Gonatidae2.3.3 Family Onychoteuthidae2.3.4 Family Pyroteuthidae2.3.5 Other cephalopods 3. VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS3.1 Mesopelagic Fishes 3.1.1 Significance of diel vertical migration3.1.2 DVM patterns3.1.3 Ontogenetic change in DVM patterns3.2 Crustacean Micronekton 3.3 Cephalopod Micronekton 4. BIOMASS PATTERNS4.1 Micronektonic Fish 5. LIFE HISTORY5.1 Fish Micronekton 5.1.1 Age and growth5.1.2 Production5.1.3 Reproduction5.1.4 Mortality5.2 Crustacean Micronekton 5.2.1 Age and growth5.2.2 Production5.2.3 Reproduction and early life history5.2.4 Mortality5.3 Cephalopod Micronekton 5.3.1 Age and growth5.3.2 Production5.3.3 Reproduction and early life history5.3.4 Mortality6. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONS6.1 Feeding Habits 6.1.1 Fish micronekton6.1.2 Crustacean micronekton6.1.3 Cephalopod micronekton6.2 Estimating the Impact of Micronekton Predation on Zooplankton 6.2.1 Predation by micronektonic fish6.3 Predators 6.3.1 Cephalopods6.3.2 Elasmobranchs6.3.3 Osteichthyes6.3.4 Seabirds6.3.5 Pinnipeds6.3.6 Cetaceans6.3.7 Human consumption6.4 Predation Rate 6.5 Ecosystem Perspectives 6.6 Interactions between Micronekton and Shallow Topographies 7. SAMPLING CONSIDERATIONS7.1 Net Trawling 7.1.1 Sampling gears7.1.2 Sampling of surface migratory myctophids7.1.3 Commercial-sized trawl sampling7.1.4 Sampling of euphausiids and pelagic decapods 7.2 Acoustic Sampling 7.2.1 Acoustic theory and usage7.3 Video Observations (Submersible and ROV) 8. SUMMARY OF PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE8.1 Fish Micronekton 8.2 Crustacean Micronekton 8.3 Cephalopod Micronekton 9. RECOMMENDATIONS10. REFERENCES11. APPENDICES(122 page document)Issue/Article Nr
30Publisher or University
North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)Series : Nr
PICES Scientific ReportResource/Dataset Location
http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report30/Rep_30_default.aspxCollections