Nursery areas of juvenile northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra) in the eastern Bering Sea in relation to hydrography and thermal regimes

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1683-1695

  Cooper, Daniel W ^a   Duffy Anderson, Janet T ^a   Norcross, Brenda L ^b   Holladay, Brenda A ^b   Stabeno, Phyllis J ^c  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Habitat; Inner front; Juvenile; Lepidopsetta polyxystra; Northern rock sole

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLATFISH; HYDROGRAPHY; JUVENILE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MODEL VALIDATION; NURSERY GROUND; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL REGIME;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; BERING SEA; FOX ISLANDS; GULF OF ALASKA; NUNIVAK ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNIMAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPSETTA POLYXYSTRA; PARAPLAGUSIA BILINEATA;

EID: 84919789179     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst210     Document Type: Article

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