Ecology of small neritic fishes in the western Gulf of Alaska. I. Geographic distribution in relation to prey density and the physical environment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 392, Issue , 2009, Pages 223-237

  Wilson, Matthew T ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Capelin; Eulachon; Population density; Walleye pollock; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL CURRENT; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; NEKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEOST; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PISCES; THALEICHTHYS; THALEICHTHYS PACIFICUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 70350324014     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08160     Document Type: Article

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