Characterization of forage fish and invertebrates in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands using fatty acid signatures: Species and ecological groups

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 418, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-15

  Piché, Jacinthe ^a   Iverson, Sara J ^a   Parrish, Frank A ^b   Dollar, Robert ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet guild; Ecological subsystems; Fatty acids; Fishes; Hawaiian archipelago; Invertebrates; Monk seal; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CARNIVORE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FATTY ACID; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GUILD; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; NICHE OVERLAP; PINNIPED; PLANKTIVORE; REEF; TAXONOMY;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MONACHUS; PISCES;

EID: 78649614676     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08814     Document Type: Article

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