Spatial organization of krill and seabirds in the central California Current

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1391-1402

  Santora, Jarrod A ^a   Ralston, Stephen ^b   Sydeman, William J ^a  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustics; Cassins auklet; Euphausia pacifica; interannual; sooty shearwater; spatial ecology; Thysanoessa spinifera

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CRUSTACEAN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; THYSANOESSA SPINIFERA;

EID: 79959515519     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr046     Document Type: Article

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