Polychaete assemblage as surrogate for prey availability in assessing southeastern Bering Sea flatfish habitat

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-221

  Yeung, Cynthia ^a   Yang, Mei Sun ^a   Jewett, Stephen C ^b   Naidu, A S ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential fish habitat; Flatfish distribution; Infauna; Sediment; Spatial correspondence; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FLATFISH; HABITAT TYPE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLYCHAETE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SNOWMELT; STOMACH CONTENT;

ALASKA; ALASKA PENINSULA; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; LEPIDOPSETTA POLYXYSTRA; LIMANDA ASPERA; PARAPLAGUSIA BILINEATA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES QUADRITUBERCULATUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84873265953     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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