Archaeological data provide alternative hypotheses on Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) distribution, abundance, and variability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  McKechnie, Iain ^a   Lepofsky, Dana ^b   Moss, Madonna L ^c   Butler, Virginia L ^d   Orchard, Trevor J ^e   Coupland, Gary ^f   Foster, Fredrick ^g   Caldwell, Megan ^h   Lertzman, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Fisheries; Forage fish; Historical ecology; Northwest Coast

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; HOLOCENE; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC HERRING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ARCHAEOLOGY; FISHERIES; FORAGE FISH; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; NORTHWEST COAST;

ALASKA; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FISHERIES; FISHES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84895779283     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316072111     Document Type: Article

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