Baleen whale distributions and prey associations in the Barents Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 426, Issue , 2011, Pages 289-301

  Skern Mauritzen, Mette ^a   Johannesen, Edda ^a   Bjørge, Arne ^a   Øien, Nils ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecosystem survey; Marine mammals; Pelagic communities; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DOMINANCE; FACILITATION; GADOID; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

AMPHIPODA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI; THEMISTO;

EID: 79953230099     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09027     Document Type: Article

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