Water mass and bathymetric characteristics of polar cod habitat along the continental shelf and slope of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-190

  Crawford, Richard E ^a,c   Vagle, Svein ^b   Carmack, Eddy C ^b  

^a PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADCP; Atlantic water; Demersal; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; CANYON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA ACQUISITION; DEEP WATER; DEMERSAL FISH; ECHO SOUNDER; GADOID; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLUME; POLAR REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 84855345698     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1051-9     Document Type: Article

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