Summer distributions of forage fish in the eastern Bering Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-230

  Parker Stetter, Sandra L ^a   Horne, John K ^a   Farley, Edward V ^b   Barbee, David H ^a,c   Andrews, Alexander G ^b   Eisner, Lisa B ^b   Nomura, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c Kongsberg Underwater Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Capelin; Distribution; Forage fish; Pacific cod; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; CAPELIN; DISTRIBUTION; FORAGE FISH; PACIFIC COD; WALLEYE POLLOCK;

CHARACTERIZATION; FISHERIES; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; FISH; FORAGE; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHELF SEA; TRAWLING; WATER COLUMN;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; POLLACHIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 84884205605     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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