Nearshore fish distributions in an Alaskan estuary in relation to stratification, temperature and salinity

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Abookire, A A ^a   Piatt, J F ^a   Robards, M D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Distribution; Estuarine habitat; Forage fish; Nearshore (zone); Salinity; Stratification; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; KACHEMAK BAY; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; AMMODYTES MARINUS; BATHYMASTERIDAE; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; COTTIDAE; GADIDAE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OSMERIDAE; PLEURONECTIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; STICHAEIDAE;

EID: 0033841999     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0615     Document Type: Article

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