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Title: | The fish fauna of AmpSre Seamount (NE Atlantic) and the adjacent abyssal plain |
Author: | Christiansen, Bernd Vieira, Rui P. Christiansen, Sabine Denda, Anneke Oliveira, Frederico Gonçalves, Jorge M. S. |
Keywords: | Deep sea Fish distribution Ichthyofauna Seamounts Zoogeography |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Abstract: | An inventory of benthic and benthopelagic fishes is presented as a result of two exploratory surveys around Ampe`re Seamount, between Madeira and the Portuguese mainland, covering water depths from 60 to 4,400 m. A total of 239 fishes were collected using different types of sampling gear. Three chondrichthyan species and 31 teleosts in 21 families were identified. The collections showed a vertical zonation with little overlap, but indications for an affinity of species to certain water masses were only vague. Although most of the species present new records for Ampe`re Seamount, all of them have been known for the NE Atlantic; endemic species were not found. The comparison with fish communities at other NE Atlantic seamounts indicates that despite a high ichthyofaunal similarity, which supports the ‘‘stepping stone’’ hypothesis of species dispersal, some differences can be attributed to the local features of the seamounts. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17643 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10152-014-0413-4 |
ISSN: | 1438-387X |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DBio - Artigos |
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