Geospatial variability of krill and top predators within an Antarctic submarine canyon system

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2527-2540

  Santora, Jarrod A ^a   Reiss, Christian S ^b  

^a NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE CANYON; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOMEDEIDAE; EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; PROCELLARIIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80255132115     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1753-0     Document Type: Article

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