Dividing up the pie: Whales, fish, and humans as competitors

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-219

  Ruzicka, James J ^a   Steele, John H ^b   Ballerini, Tosca ^c   Gaichas, Sarah K ^d   Ainley, David G ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS STRATEGIES; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; ENERGY AVAILABILITY; POPULATION LEVELS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

EXPANSION; FISH; FISHERIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; ENERGY FLOW; EVOLUTION; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC FISH; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CETACEA; MYSTICETI; PINNIPEDIA; PISCES;

EID: 84882919407     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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