Springtime transport and retention of Calanus finmarchicus in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays, USA, and implications for right whale foraging

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 349, Issue , 2007, Pages 183-197

  Jiang, Mingshun ^a   Brown, Moira W ^b   Turner, Jefferson T ^c   Kenney, Robert D ^d   Mayo, Charles A ^e   Zhang, Zibiao ^a   Zhou, Meng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Cape Cod Bay; Circulation; Massachusetts Bay; North Atlantic Oscillation; Numerical model; Retention; Right whale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CIRCULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPRING (SEASON); WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CAPE COD BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENIDAE; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 36949033842     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07088     Document Type: Article

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