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Low water temperature, and the seasonality and scarcity of food are key factors in the life of polar ectotherms (Clarke 1983). Life in cold water requires special adaptations against freezing in teleost fish (DeVries 1971), and the need to accumulate energy reserves during summer may govern the seasonal activity pattern. In addition to these typical high-latitude features, environmental factors such as water-mass distribution and current patterns also affect the life of fish in the Antarctic. Hydrography becomes a critical factor when pelagic stages are included in the life history (Harden Jones 1968; Cushing 1974; Sinclair 1988).
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Hubold, G. (1991). Ecology of Notothenioid Fish in the Weddell Sea. In: di Prisco, G., Maresca, B., Tota, B. (eds) Biology of Antarctic Fish. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76217-8_1
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