Wintertime ocean conditions synchronize rockfish growth and seabird reproduction in the central California current ecosystem

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1149-1158

  Black, Bryan A ^a   Schroeder, Isaac D ^b   Sydeman, William J ^c,d   Bograd, Steven J ^b   Lawson, Peter W ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NORTHERN OSCILLATION; OTOLITH; PREDATOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TELEOST; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC INTERACTION; UPWELLING; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; SEBASTES DIPLOPROA; SEBASTES PINNIGER; SEBASTES RUBERRIMUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 77955161483     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-055     Document Type: Article

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