Factors linking pacific herring (clupea pallasi) productivity and the spring plankton bloom in the strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-110

  Schweigert, J F ^a   Thompson, M ^a   Fort, C ^a   Hay, D E ^b   Therriault, T W ^a   Brown, L N ^c  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b Nearshore Research   (Canada)

^c ASL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; PLANKTON BLOOMS; PLANKTON PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION CYCLE; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

BLOOMS (METAL); PLANKTON;

PRODUCTIVITY;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CLUPEOID; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PELAGIC FISH; SPAWNING;

STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 84880936802     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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