Is the mass emergence of Themisto libellula in the northern Bering Sea an invasion or a bloom?

Russian Journal of Marine Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 465-473

  Volkov, A F ^a  

^a Pacific Fisheries Research Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

biomass; cold period; eastern Bering Sea; feeding; hyperiid; salmon; warm period; western Bering Sea; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; SALMONID; ZOOPLANKTON;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CLUPEIDAE; HYPERIIDAE; THEMISTO LIBELLULA; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 84871973100     PISSN: 10630740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1063074012070036     Document Type: Article

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