Investigating the coupling between small pelagic fish and marine top predators using data collected from ecosystem-based surveys

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 422, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-39

  Certain, G ^a,e   Masse, J ^b   Van Canneyt, O ^c   Petitgas, P ^b   Doremus, G ^c   Santos, M B ^d   Ridoux, V ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Ctr Rech sur les Mammiferes Marins   (France)

^d Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Marine top predators; Pelagic ecosystem; Small pelagic fishes; Spatial associations; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; FRANCE;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; ENGRAULIDAE; EQUIDAE; LARIDAE; MAMMALIA; PISCES; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SULIDAE; TURSIOPS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 79551701760     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08932     Document Type: Article

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