SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF FISHBITE DAMAGE ON DEEP-SEA MOORING LINES,
Abstract
Mooring lines and electrical conductors for deep-sea installations in the vicinity of Bermuda may be attacked by some organism, presumably a fish, down to a depth as great as 1550 meters. Dental impressions on ropes sheathed with polyvinyl chloride and on polyethylene coated wire indicate that the causative organism probably has teeth in either the upper jaw or lower jaw but not both. The width of the jaw ranges from 30 mm to slightly over 100 mm and usually more than one tooth in each side of the jaw is involved. Tooth fragments recovered from a damaged polyethylene coated wire have a row of fine rounded serrations along the cutting edge (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0614920
Entities
People
- Bryce Prindle
- Harry J. Turner Jr.
Organizations
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution