New information on the life history of cephalopods off West Greenland.

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Zumholz, Karsten and Frandsen, Rikke (2006) New information on the life history of cephalopods off West Greenland. Polar Biology, 29 . pp. 169-178. DOI 10.1007/s00300-005-0036-y.

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Abstract

We examined 323 cephalopods collected by bottom trawl from depths between 162 and 536 m near Disko island, West Greenland. The most abundant species were the boreoatlantic armhook squid Gonatus fabricii, the sepiolid Rossia moelleri and the spoonarm octopus Bathypolypus arcticus. From this sampling we provide new information on the population structure, bathymetric distribution and the reproductive biology of cephalopods from this area. Special emphasis is given to the sepiolid R. moelleri, for which the life cycle is proposed. Further, this study provides new relationships of beak size to mantle length and wet body mass for G. fabricii, R. moelleri and B. arcticus.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Bottom Trawl; length frequency; mantle length; weight relationship; depth stratum
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EV Marine Evolutionary Ecology
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Springer
Projects: CephLit
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CephLit
4537
Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2008 16:52
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 05:40
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/4653

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