New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Plankton swarms and their predators at the Snares Islands (Note)

Graham D. Fenwick

Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract At times two species of euphausiids (Nictyphanes australis and N. capensis) and three species of hyperiid amphipods (Hyperia luzoni, Parathemisto gandichaudii, and P. gracilipes) occur in swarms close to the shores of the Snares Islands. Four species of birds (Daption capense, Diomedea bulled, Lams novaehollandiae, and Puffinus griseus) and six species of fish, including four reef fish (Latris lineata, Mendosoma lineatum, Notothenia angustata, N. microlepidota, Pseudolabrus cinctus and P. fucicola), were observed feeding on these Crustacea. These swarms seem to be important to the Snares Islands ecosystem as food for the large populations of petrels breeding there.

N.Z. journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12 (2): 223-4. June 1973
Received 15 September 1977; revision received 1 February 1978. University of Canterbury Snares Islands Expedition Paper 34.

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