The importance of antarctic toothfish as prey of Weddell seals in the ross sea

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-327

  Ainley, David G ^a   Siniff, Donald B ^b  

^a HT Harvey and Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCAMLR; Fishery depletion; Top down forcing

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FISH; FISHERY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SAMPLING;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM;

EID: 68349154066     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009001953     Document Type: Review

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