Increases in the relative abundance of mid-trophic level fishes concurrent with declines in apex predators in the subtropical North Pacific, 1996-2006

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-531

  Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Abecassis, Melanie ^b   Howell, Evan A ^a   Woodworth, Phoebe ^b  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; GEMPYLIDAE; GEMPYLUS SERPENS; LEPIDOCYBIUM FLAVOBRUNNEUM; PISCES; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SCOMBRIDAE; TARACTICHTHYS STEINDACHNERI; TETRAPTURUS ANGUSTIROSTRIS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 70350236333     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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