Linking predators to seasonality of upwelling: Using food web indicators and path analysis to infer trophic connections

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-120

  Thompson, Sarah Ann ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a   Santora, Jarrod A ^a   Black, Bryan A ^b   Suryan, Robert M ^b   Calambokidis, John ^c   Peterson, William T ^d   Bograd, Steven J ^e  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cascadia Research   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

MAMMALS;

ABUNDANCE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FORAGE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SEABIRD; SEASONALITY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; WHALE;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PTYCHORAMPHUS; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; SEBASTES DIPLOPROA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 84861454216     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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