Vertebrate exploitation of pulsed marine prey: A review and the example of spawning herring

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-200

  Willson, Mary F ^a,b   Womble, Jamie N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Glacier Bay Field Station ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clupea pallasii; Pacific herring; Pulsed resources; Short term prey exploitation; Vertebrate predators in marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPAWNING; VERTEBRATE;

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748711255     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-006-9009-7     Document Type: Review

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