Macro-ecology of plankton-seabird associations in the North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1697-1713

  Sydeman, William J ^a   Thompson, Sarah Ann ^a   Santora, Jarrod A ^a   Henry, Michael F ^a   Morgan, Ken H ^b   Batten, Sonia D ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

copepods; ecosystem indicators; euphausiids; Gulf of Alaska; macro ecology; pelagic habitat; seabirds; western North Pacific; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CRUSTACEAN; MACROECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICRONEKTON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

AVES; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 78149433874     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq119     Document Type: Article

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