Body size dependence of euphausiid spatial patchiness

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 777-788

  Décima, Moira ^a   Ohman, Mark D ^a   De Robertis, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIMB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUPHAUSIA EXIMIA; EUPHAUSIA GIBBOIDES; EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIA RECURVA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; NEMATOSCELIS DIFFICILIS; NYCTIPHANES SIMPLEX; PISCES; THYSANOESSA GREGARIA; THYSANOESSA SPINIFERA;

EID: 78650496968     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0777     Document Type: Article

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