Winter ichthyoplankton biomass as a predictor of early summer prey fields and survival of juvenile salmon in the northern California Current

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 484, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-217

  Daly, Elizabeth A ^a   Auth, Toby D ^a   Brodeur, Richard D ^b   Peterson, William T ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ichthyoplankton; Juvenile salmon; Prey; Winter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PISCES;

EID: 84879364045     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10320     Document Type: Article

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