Boundaries of open marine ecosystems: An application to the Pribilof Archipelago, southeast Bering Sea

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 942-953

  Ciannelli, Lorenzo ^a,b,e   Robson, Bruce W ^b   Francis, Robert C ^a   Aydin, Kerim ^c   Brodeur, Richard D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Ecosystem boundary; Ecosystem modeling; Fur seal; Mass balance; Pribilof Islands

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALLORHINUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 8144220314     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5016     Document Type: Review

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