Volume 59
Fish and invertebrate identified during the Lesser Antilles Pelagic Ecosystem (LAPE) Ecosystem Survey, 26th April to 22th May 2006
Authors
Nelson, L., Reynal, L., Rambally, J., Punnet, S., Oxenford, H., Fanning, P. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2006
Pages: 557-564
Event: Proceedings of the Fifty Nine Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Belize City
Country: Belize
Abstract
During the LAPE ecosystem survey, forage fish distribution and abundance have been estimated by acoustics. At points selected from acoustic traces, net sampling, with pelagic trawl or multi-net nekton sampler, has been used to obtain biological specimens of the acoustic target. The samples captured during the survey are introduced with pictures and the most importants identification criteria used. The discribed micronekton is essentially composed of fishes, cephalopods, gastropods and crustaceans. This set of sheets is proposed as a reference collection to help in pelagic top predators stomachs contents identification in the Lesser Antilles