Characterising meso-marine ecosystems of the North Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 270-290

  Batten, Sonia D ^a   David Hyrenbach, K ^b   Sydeman, William J ^c   Morgan, Ken H ^d   Henry, Michael F ^c   Yen, Peggy P Y ^c   Welch, David W ^e  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Ecosystem; North Pacific; Seabirds; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BERING SEA; NORTH PACIFIC; SEABIRDS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

AVES;

EID: 33744524860     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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