Mesoscale structure and oceanographic determinants of krill hotspots in the California Current: Implications for trophic transfer and conservation

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-409

  Santora, Jarrod A ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a   Schroeder, Isaac D ^b   Wells, Brian K ^c   Field, John C ^c  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COASTAL UPWELLING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; GEO-SPATIAL DATA; HOTSPOTS; HYDRO-ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMALS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

CLIMATOLOGY; MAMMALS; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; ARRAY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HOT SPOT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 81455154629     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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