Climate regime shifts and reorganization of fish communities: The essential fatty acid limitation hypothesis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 315, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-11

  Litzow, Michael A ^a   Bailey, Kevin M ^b   Prahl, Fredrick G ^c   Heintz, Ron ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Community ecology; Essential fatty acid; Lipid; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BOREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FATTY ACID; FISH; FOOD LIMITATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 33746033426     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps315001     Document Type: Article

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