Interannual changes in distribution of age-0 walleye pollock near the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, with reference to the prediction of pollock year-class strength

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1118-1135

  Winter, Andreas G ^a   Swartzman, Gordon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic surveys; Pribilof Islands; walleye pollock; year class strength

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AGE CLASS; FISH; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 33745806864     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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