Bypassing the abyssal benthic food web: Macrourid diet in the eastern North Pacific inferred from stomach content and stable isotopes analyses

Deep-sea fishes prey on benthic fauna and scavenge on the carcasses of surface-living animals. Few studies have addressed the relative importance of each trophic pathway. Recent documentation of inter-decadal fluctuations in macrourid densities in the abyssal Pacific, related to changing food supplies, hastens the need for information. We...更多