A macrodescriptor perspective of ecological attributes for the Bering and Barents Seas

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 2132-2140

  Megrey, Bernard A ^a   Aydin, Kerim Y ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Bering Sea; Ecosystem; Macrodescriptors; Metrics

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; BARENTS SEA; BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; BERING SEA; CLIMATE IMPACTS; COMMERCIAL FISH; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; CONNECTANCE; ECOPATH; FISH COMMUNITIES; FOOD WEBS; INTERMEDIATE SPECIE; MACRODESCRIPTORS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE FOOD WEB; METRICS; NUMBER OF CYCLES; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FLOWS; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEMS ECOLOGY; TOP PREDATOR; TROPHIC LEVEL; WEB INTERACTIONS;

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; FISHERIES; FOOD ADDITIVES; MAMMALS; MEATS; METRIC SYSTEM; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD WEB; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 70349248545     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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