Spatial patterns of pollock and zooplankton distribution in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska nursery area and their relationship to pollock recruitment

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1167-1186

  Swartzman, Gordon ^a   Napp, Jeffrey ^b   Brodeur, Richard ^c   Winter, Andreas ^a   Ciannelli, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic surveys; Bering Sea; Recruitment; Spatial distribution; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; FISH; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

POLLACHIUS VIRENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0036891783     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1312     Document Type: Article

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