Video observations on the habitat association of demersal nekton in the midshelf benthic environment off the Orange River, Namibia
Gibbons, M.J.; Sulaiman, A.; Hissman, K.; Schauer, J.; McMillan, I.; Wickens, P.A. (2000). Video observations on the habitat association of demersal nekton in the midshelf benthic environment off the Orange River, Namibia. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci./S.-Afr. Tydskr. Seewet. 22: 1-7
In: South African Journal of Marine Science = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Seewetenskap. Marine & Coastal Management: Cape Town. ISSN 0257-7615, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Gibbons, M.J.
- Sulaiman, A.
- Hissman, K.
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- Schauer, J.
- McMillan, I.
- Wickens, P.A.
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| Abstract |
A semi-quantitative assessment is made of the animals observed in archived videotapes taken from the research submersible Jago, during diamond mining and exploratory surveys off the mouth of the Orange River on the west coast of southern Africa (28°15'S, 29°11'S) in November 1996. The seabed environment is described and nekton associations with substratum features are identified. The area is characterized by heterogeneity to its physical and biological structure. The variety of observed nekton is low, and communities are dominated by goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus, juvenile hake Merluccius spp. and cuttlefish Sepia spp. (on soft substrata), as well as false jacopever Sebastes capensis and kingklip Genypterus capensis (on rocky substrata). |
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