Meridional patterns in the deep scattering layers and top predator distribution in the central equatorial Pacific

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Hazen, Elliott L ^a,b   Johnston, David W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Deep scattering layer; Equatorial Pacific; Marine mammal; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; FORAGE; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77958453585     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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