Hesthagen, Ivar H. (1970) On the near-bottom plankton and benthic invertebrate fauna of the Josephine Seamount and the Great Meteor Seamount. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse: Reihe D, Biologie, 8 . pp. 61-70.

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Abstract

15 samples obtained with Beyer's epibenthic closing net were studied quantitatively. The numbers of epi- and endobenthic animals were found to be correlated with the volume of sediment in the samples. Among the planktonic components, calanoid copepods were strongly predominant. In the samples obtained on the Great Meteor Seamount, but not in those from the Josephine Seamount, very much larger numbers of these animals were caught in the daytime than at night. Possible explanations for this difference are suggested.

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