Long-term change in benthopelagic fish abundance in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 549-555

  Bailey, D M ^a,b   Ruhl, H A ^a   Smith Jr , K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic megafauna; Coryphaenoides spp.; Deep water; Marine fish; Pacific Ocean; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ECHINODERM; FISH; FOOD WEB; PARTICULATE FLUX; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE; ECHINODERMATA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENOIDES; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 33646133428     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1832     Document Type: Article

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