Size-dependent, spatial, and temporal variability of juvenile walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) feeding at a structural front in the southeast Bering Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-164

  Schabetsberger, Robert ^a   Sztatecsny, Marc ^b   Drozdowski, Gabriele ^c   Brodeur, Richard D ^d   Swartzman, Gordon L ^e   Wilson, Matthew T ^f   Winter, Andreas G ^e   Napp, Jeffrey M ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Diel feeding; Frontal regions; Predation; Theragra chalcogramma; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; OCEANIC FRONT; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BERING SEA;

COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POLLACHIUS VIRENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0041917687     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2003.03819.x     Document Type: Article

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