Seasonal changes in the diet composition and prey selection of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the northern Gulf of Alaska

Fisheries Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-389

  Adams, Charles F ^a,b   Pinchuk, Alexei I ^a   Coyle, Kenneth O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding ecology; Prey selection; Theragra chalcogramma; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIIDAE; PANDALUS BOREALIS; PISCES; POLLACHIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA; THYSANOESSA INERMIS;

EID: 33947273229     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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