The diets of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) from August 2008 in the US Beaufort Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 907-912

  Rand, Kimberly M ^a   Whitehouse, Andy ^b   Logerwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Ahgeak, Ernestine ^c   Hibpshman, Richard ^b   Parker Stetter, Sandra ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Boreogadus saida; Polar cod diet

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DEMERSAL FISH; DIET; POLAR REGION; PREY AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; UNITED STATES;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MELANONIDAE;

EID: 84877634408     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1303-y     Document Type: Article

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