Vertical distribution of fish biomass in hypoxic waters on the gulf of Mexico shelf

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 375, Issue , 2009, Pages 195-207

  Hazen, Elliott L ^a   Craig, J Kevin ^b   Good, Caroline P ^a   Crowder, Larry B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Chloroscombrus chrysurus; Food web; Gulf of mexico; Habitat compression; Hypoxia; Micropogonias undulatus; Spatial structure; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; FOOD WEB; HYPOXIA; LOADING; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATERSHED;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA; CARNIVORA; CHLOROSCOMBRUS CHRYSURUS; ENGRAULIDAE; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS;

EID: 60949104065     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07791     Document Type: Article

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