Diel vertical migration behavior of Calanus finmarchicus and its influence on right and sei whale occurrence

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 423, Issue , 2011, Pages 167-184

  Baumgartner, Mark F ^a   Lysiak, Nadine S J ^a   Schuman, Carrie ^b,c   Urban Rich, Juanita ^b   Wenzel, Frederick W ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera borealis; Calanus finmarchicus; Eubalaena glacialis; Gulf of Maine; Optical plankton counter; Right whale; Sei whale; Video plankton recorder

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIEL MIGRATION; FLUORESCENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTIDAE; BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MYSTICETI;

EID: 79951643702     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08931     Document Type: Article

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