Sub-surface hotspots in shallow seas: Fine-scale limited locations of top predator foraging habitat indicated By tidal mixing and sub-surface chlorophyll

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 207-226

  Scott, B E ^a   Sharples, J ^b   Ross, O N ^c   Wang, J ^a   Pierce, G J ^a,d   Camphuysen, C J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^d Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological hotspots; Foraging habitats; Marine top predators; Predator prey interactions; Shallow sea; Sub surface chlorophyll maximum; Tidal mixing; Topography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SHALLOW WATER; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954123060     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08552     Document Type: Article

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