Trophic relationships and oceanography on and around a small offshore bank

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 363, Issue , 2008, Pages 15-28

  Stevick, Peter T ^a,c   Incze, Lewis S ^a   Kraus, Scott D ^c   Rosen, Shale ^b   Wolff, Nicholas ^a   Baukus, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Consumption; Euphausiid; Foraging ecology; Internal wave; Seabird

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CRUSTACEAN; ENERGY FLOW; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INTERNAL WAVE; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CETACEA; CLUPEIDAE; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 49449108081     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07475     Document Type: Article

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