Demersal fish and invertebrate biomass in relation to an offshore hypoxic zone along the US West Coast

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-87

  Keller, Aimee A ^a   Simon, Victor ^a   Chan, Francis ^b   Wakefield, W W ^c   Clarke, M E ^a   Barth, John A ^b   Kamikawa, Dan ^c   Fruh, Erica L ^c  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Bottom dissolved oxygen; Coastal Oregon; Condition factors; Demersal fish biomass; Hypoxia; Net mounted sensors; Northeast Pacific; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; CRAB; DEMERSAL FISH; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAWLING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CANCER MAGISTER; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 71949113532     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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