Biotic and abiotic factors influencing forage fish and pelagic nekton community in the Columbia River plume (USA) throughout the upwelling season 1999-2009

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-18

  Litz, Marisa N C ^a   Emmett, Robert L ^b   Bentley, Paul J ^b   Claiborne, Andrew M ^c   Barceló, Caren ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

California current; Columbia River plume; community analysis; forage fish; predator fish

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEKTON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COLUMBIA RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890499342     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst082     Document Type: Article

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