Primary productivity and the carrying capacity for herring in NE Pacific marine ecosystems

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 241-251

  Perry, R Ian ^a   Schweigert, Jacob F ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Annual surplus production; British Columbia; Carrying capacity; Pacific herring; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING;

ANNUAL SURPLUS PRODUCTION; CARRYING CAPACITY; PACIFIC HERRING; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLUPEOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CENTRAL COAST; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCE RUPERT; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 44149106808     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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