The Antarctic silverfish : a keystone species in a changing ecosystem

• Main Authors: Vacchi, Marino, (Editor), Pisano, E. 1951- (Editor), Ghigliotti, Laura, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: Advances in polar ecology ; v. 3.
• Subjects: Nototheniidae > Ecology > Antarctic Ocean.; Nototheniidae > Antarctic Ocean.; Keystone species > Antarctic Ocean.; Marine ecology > Antarctic Ocean.; Antarctic Ocean.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319558936; 9783319558912
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 pages)

This book encompasses the body of available scientific information on the notothenioid fish Pleuragramma antarctica commonly known as Antarctic silverfish. This plankton-feeder of the intermediate trophic level is the most abundant fish in the coastal regions of high Antarctica, and plays a pivotal...