Interdecadal variability in predator-prey interactions of juvenile North Pacific albacore in the California Current System

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 414, Issue , 2010, Pages 209-221

  Glaser, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; California Current; Diet; Ensemble energy density; Pelagic food web; Predator prey interaction; Thunnus alalunga; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DECADAL VARIATION; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; COLOLABIS SAIRA; CRUSTACEA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; PISCES; SARDINOPS SAGAX; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 77957746938     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08723     Document Type: Article

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