THE MOST ABUNDANCE AND THE VERY RARE SPECIES IN THE DEEP SEA FISH COMMUNITY IN THE WESTERN SUMATERA, EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Badrudin Badrudin (Research Institute for Marine Fisheries, Muara Baru-Jakarta)
Duto Nugroho (Research Institute for Marine Fisheries, Muara Baru-Jakarta)
Ali Suman (Research Center for Capture Fisheries, Ancol-Jakarta)

Indonesian Fisheries Research Journal
Vol 13, No 1 (2007): (June 2007)

Variation in species abundance provides one of the striking phenomena observed in ecological communities. This variation has led ecologists to pose central questions pertaining to the nature of communities. Most of the deep sea regions provide the most widely habitat, but until recently information on its community is very little.