Proximate composition, energetic value, and relative abundance of prey fish from the inshore eastern Bering Sea: Implications for piscivorous predators

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 699-708

  Ball, Jeffrey R ^a,c   Esler, Daniel ^a   Schmutz, Joel A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Eastern Bering Sea; Energetics; Forage fish; Foraging ecology; Proximate composition; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; CALORIMETRY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIPID; PISCIVORY; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES; YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247576660     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0227-1     Document Type: Article

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