Seasonal abundance of two important forage species in the North Pacific Ocean, Pacific herring and walleye pollock

Fisheries Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 319-331

  Sigler, Michael F ^a   Csepp, David J ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Forage fish; Pacific herring; Seasonality; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; FORAGE; SEASONALITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALASKA; LYNN CANAL; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 33845759351     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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