Ecology of small neritic fishes in the western Gulf of Alaska. II. Consumption of krill in relation to krill standing stock and the physical environment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 392, Issue , 2009, Pages 239-251

  Wilson, Matthew T ^a   Jump, Christina M ^a   Buchheister, Andre ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capelin; Diet; Eulachon; Geographic variability; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; CRUSTACEAN; CURRENT VELOCITY; GADOID; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SIZE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

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

EID: 70350341481     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08237     Document Type: Article

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