Bottom-up and top-down controls of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) on the Eastern Bering Sea shelf

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 152-183

  Mueter, Franz J ^a   Ladd, Carol ^a   Palmer, Michael C ^b   Norcross, Brenda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cannibalism; Eastern Bering Sea; Environmental effects; Mixed layer dynamics; Oscillating control hypothesis; Recruitment; Survival; USA

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEST FACILITIES;

ALASKA; CANNIBALISM; EASTERN BERING SEA; MIXED LAYER DYNAMICS; OSCILLATING CONTROL HYPOTHESIS; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL; USA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOTIC FACTOR; CANNIBALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISH; LARVA; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

LIMANDA ASPERA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 33645858422     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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