Fish assemblages in shallow, nearshore habitats of the bering sea

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1157-1164

  Thedinga, John F ^a   Johnson, Scott W ^a   Neff, A Darcie ^a   Lindeberg, Mandy R ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEDROCK; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AKUN ISLAND; AKUTAN ISLAND; ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; FOX ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNALASKA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; GADIDAE; LUMPENUS SAGITTA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; STICHAEIDAE; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA; TRICHODON TRICHODON;

EID: 49049117312     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-085.1     Document Type: Article

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