Table 1.
List of deployments of the baited landers. (The video system was used in all deployments except 2*, in which a digital still camera was deployed. Depth in decibars was converted to metres, assuming a salinity of 34.7 ppt (Saunders 1981).)
| station | depth | latitude | longitude | region | date | first arrival (min) | fish species | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (decibars) | (m) | temp (°C) | duration (hr.min) | Crustacea | fish | ||||||
| 1 | 5575 | 5469 | 18° 49.2′ N | 149° 50.6′ E | Marianas | 29 Nov | 1.5 | 08.55 | 20 | 52 | Coryphaenoides yaquinae |
| 2* | 5575 | 5469 | 18° 49.1′N | 149° 51.0′ E | Marianas | 29 Nov | 1.5 | 19.15 | 18 | 60 | Coryphaenoides yaquinae |
| 148 | Ophidiidae | ||||||||||
| 3 | 6133 | 6007 | 26° 43.9′ S | 175° 11.3′ W | Kermadec | 7 Jul | 1.2 | 04.27 | 21 | — | — |
| 4 | 7049 | 6890 | 28° 48.7′ S | 175° 18.1′ W | Kermadec | 8 Jul | 1.3 | 06.02 | 20 | 136 | Notoliparis kermadecensis |
| 5 | 7115 | 6945 | 40° 15.3′ N | 144° 30.8′ E | Japan | 30 Oct | 1.8 | 09.26 | 10 | 104 | Coryphaenoides yaquinae |
| 194 | Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis | ||||||||||
| 6 | 8170 | 7966 | 26° 55.0′ S | 175° 30.7′ W | Kermadec | 10 Jul | 1.5 | 10.07 | 5 | — | — |
| 7 | 9036 | 8798 | 24° 08.1′ S | 175° 11.0′ W | Tonga | 14 Jul | 1.6 | 09.05 | 15 | — | — |
| 8 | 10 015 | 9729 | 24° 16.4′ S | 175° 09.3′ W | Tonga | 12 Jul | 1.8 | 08.44 | 5 | — | — |