Distribution and diet of the bottom dwelling Arctic cod in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-75

  Walkusz, Wojciech ^a,b   Majewski, Andrew ^a   Reist, James D ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic cod; Beaufort Sea; Demersal; Distribution; Feeding; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC COD; BEAUFORT SEA; DEMERSAL; DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

FEEDING; FISHERIES; HOUSING; NUTRITION;

FISH;

BIOMASS; BOTTOM WATER; DEMERSAL FISH; FEEDING; GADOID; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SUMMER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

AMPHIPODA; APHERUSA GLACIALIS; BOREOGADUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA; LIMNOCALANUS MACRURUS; MYSIDA; MYSIS OCULATA; PSEUDOCALANUS; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 84887408456     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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