Table 2 Fish density estimates from seafloor images taken on elevated topography (<4840 m depth) and on the abyssal plain (>4840 m depth). Bootstrapped 95% C.I.s are given in parentheses for selected taxa.
Parameter | Density (individuals km−2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Survey | Total survey: abyssal hill (4840–4768 m depth) | Total survey: abyssal plain (4852–4840 m depth) | ||
Camera | Vertical | Oblique | Vertical | Oblique |
All fish | 795 (583,1008) | 411 (313,508) | 723 (601,844) | 354 (287,421) |
All Macrouridae | 765 (594,976) | 393 (299,486) | 660 (545,775) | 319 (257,381) |
Alepocephalidae sp. 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bathysaurus mollis | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Conocara af. salmoneum | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Coryphaenoides armatus | 90 | 42 | 42 | 29 |
Coryphaenoides profundicolus | 390 (239,540) | 190 (125,256) | 319 (239,399) | 163 (118,208) |
Coryphaenoides sp. 1 | 285 (157,413) | 161 (101,221) | 293 (216,369) | 115 (77,152) |
Coryphaenoides spp. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
Echinomacrurus af. mollis | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Histiobranchus bathybius | 15 | 12 | 16 | 19 |
Zoarcidae sp. | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Indet. sp. 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Indet. spp. | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 |
