Detecting temporal trends and environmentally-driven changes in the spatial distribution of bottom fishes and crabs on the eastern Bering Sea shelf

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-243

  Kotwicki, Stan ^a   Lauth, Robert R ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea shelf; Bottom fish; Cold pool; Crab; Population shift; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; COLD POOL; CRAB; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EASTERN BERING SEA SHELVES; ISOTHERMAL BOUNDARIES; POPULATION SHIFT; TEMPERATURE PREFERENCES;

FISH; FISHERIES; ISOTHERMS; LAKES; SHELLFISH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COLD POOL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRAB; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISOTHERM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES;

EID: 84884209932     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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