Variations in age-0 pollock distribution among eastern Bering Sea nursery areas: A comparative study through acoustic indices

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 23-26, 2007, Pages 2869-2884

  Winter, A ^a   Coyle, K O ^b   Swartzman, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Bering Sea; Echo survey; Euphausiid; Nursery areas; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EASTERN BERING SEA; ECHO SURVEY; EUPHAUSIID; NURSERY AREAS; WALLEYE POLLOCK;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; GADOID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUPHAUSIIDAE; POLLACHIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 36749054565     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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