Skate Bathyraja spp. egg predation in the eastern Bering Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-269

  Hoff, G R ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska skate; Aleutian skate; Bering skate; Fusitriton; Nursery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; GEOGRAPHY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SNAIL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKATES (FISH); SNAILS;

BATHYRAJA; BATHYRAJA ALEUTICA; BATHYRAJA INTERRUPTA; BATHYRAJA PARMIFERA; FUSITRITON; FUSITRITON OREGONENSIS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 58549108064     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02137.x     Document Type: Article

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