Foraging ecology and movement patterns of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the California Current System

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-51

  Field, John C ^a   Elliger, Carl ^b   Baltz, Ken ^a   Gillespie, Graham E ^c   Gilly, William F ^b   Ruiz Cooley, R I ^d   Pearse, Devon ^a   Stewart, Julia S ^b   Matsubu, William ^e   Walker, William A ^f  

^a Fisheries Ecology Division   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Demographic information; Dosidicus gigas; Ecosystem interactions; Food habits; Foraging ecology; Jumbo squid; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; FOOD HABIT; JUMBO SQUIDS; RANGE EXPANSION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SHELLFISH;

MOLLUSCS;

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPOD; COASTAL WATER; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; LATITUDE; MICRONEKTON; MOVEMENT; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR; RANGE EXPANSION; SHELF BREAK;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; CLUPEA PALLASI; DOSIDICUS GIGAS; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; OSMERIDAE; PISCES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84887065142     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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