Recent investigations of demersal fish communities in deep (less than 50 m) rugged habitats have considerably increased our knowledge of the factors that influence the assemblage structure of fishes across mesophotic to deep-sea depths. Although habitat types influence deepwater fish distribution, whether different rugged seafloor features provide functionally equivalent habitat for fishes is poorly understood. In the northeastern Caribbean, numerous rugged seafloor features (e.g., seamounts, banks, canyons) punctuate insular margins, and thus create a remarkable setting in which to examine demersal fish communities across various seafloor features. Also in this region, several water masses are vertically layered...
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Anegada Passage,
Caribbean,
Community structure,
Deep sea,
Habitat associations, All tags...
Mesophotic,
Puerto Rico,
Seamounts,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Vertical distribtion,
Water mass, Fewer tags
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