Sample of Some of the Open Ocean Prey (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sample of Some of the Open Ocean Prey

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This is a sample of some of the open ocean prey of the large predatory fishes sampled for mercury in this study. The fishes pictured here are primarily myctophids, a common deep-water prey item and abundant mid-water organism.

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Lisa De Forest, Department of Oceanography/SOEST

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