A model-based meso-zooplankton production index and its relation to the ocean survival of juvenile coho (Oncorhyncus kisutch)

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 544-559

  Ruzicka, James J ^a   Wainwright, Thomas C ^b   Peterson, William T ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coho salmon; Copepod community; Northern California current; Plankton model; Survival; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING; HATCHERY; JUVENILE; NITRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALMONID; SEASONALITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COPEPODA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 80054705689     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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