Larval fish abundance and physical forcing in the Gulf of Alaska, 1981-2003

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 163-187

  Doyle, Miriam J ^a   Picquelle, Susan J ^b   Mier, Kathryn L ^b   Spillane, Michael C ^a   Bond, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Early life history; Fish larvae; Generalized additive modeling; Gulf of Alaska; Physical oceanography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EARLY LIFE HISTORY; FISH LARVAE; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODELING; GULF OF ALASKA; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

ECOLOGY; FISH; MEATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FISH; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; SYNCHRONY; TIME SERIES;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; PARAPLAGUSIA BILINEATA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; REINHARDTIUS STOMIAS; STENOBRACHIUS LEUCOPSARUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 67349105924     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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