Is there enough zooplankton to feed forage fish populations off Peru? An acoustic (positive) answer

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 360-381

  Ballón, Michael ^a,b   Bertrand, Arnaud ^a,b   Lebourges Dhaussy, Anne ^c   Gutiérrez, Mariano ^d   Ayón, Patricia ^a   Grados, Daniel ^a,b   Gerlotto, François ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^d TASA ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATABASE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; FISH PRODUCTION; FORAGE FISH; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM; PER UNIT; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; TOP PREDATOR;

ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHERIES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; DATABASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTIC ZONE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU;

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIA MUCRONATA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 80055008919     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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