Biological overview and trends in pelagic forage fish abundance in the Salish Sea (Strait of Georgia, British Columbia)

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Therriault, Thomas W ^a   Hay, Douglas E ^a   Schweigert, Jacob F ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clupea pallasi; Historical trends; Pacific Herring; Seabird prey; Size at age; Spawning biomass; Spawning times

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SPAWNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 70349880852     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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