Amphipod prey of gray whales in the northern Bering Sea: Comparison of biomass and distribution between the 1980s and 2002-2003

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 23-26, 2007, Pages 2906-2918

  Coyle, Kenneth O ^a   Bluhm, Bodil ^a   Konar, Brenda ^a   Blanchard, Arny ^a   Highsmith, Raymond C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Amphipods; Benthos; Bering Sea; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALASKA; AMPHIPODS; BENTHOS; BERING SEA;

MAMMALS;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WHALE; ZOOBENTHOS;

BERING SEA; CHIRIKOV BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 36749067199     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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