Distribution of polar cod and age-0 fish in the U.S. Beaufort Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1543-1557

  Parker Stetter, Sandra L ^a   Horne, John K ^a   Weingartner, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Boreogadus saida; Density distributions; Pelagic survey; Polar cod

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; BASELINE SURVEY; BIOACOUSTICS; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FISHERY SURVEY; FRESHWATER; GADOID; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; POLAR REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA ICE; SPECIES INVENTORY; SURFACE WATER; TRAWLING; WARM WATER; WATER DEPTH; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; UNITED STATES;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; COTTIDAE; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LUMPENUS;

EID: 80052779988     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1014-1     Document Type: Article

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