Fishing through (and up) Alaskan food webs

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-211

  Litzow, Michael A ^a,c   Urban, Daniel ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c s/v Pelagic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FISHING; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349144347     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-207     Document Type: Article

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