The influence of pelagic habitat selection and interspecific competition on productivity of juvenile walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Gulf of Alaska

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 262-278

  Logerwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Duffy Anderson, Janet ^a   Wilson, Matthew ^a   Mckelvey, Denise ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capelin; Fisheries acoustics; Foraging; Growth; Gulf of Alaska; Interspecific competition; Mallotus villosus; Oceanography; Pollock; Theragra chalcogramma

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; POLLACHIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 77954629033     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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