Long-term variation in a central California pelagic forage assemblage

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-37

  Ralston, Stephen ^a   Field, John C ^a   Sakuma, Keith M ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; California Current; Climate variability; Clupeoids; Forage fish; Krill; Mesopelagics; Sea level; YOY groundfish

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FISHERIES; MOLLUSCS; SEA LEVEL; SHELLFISH; SURVEYS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLUPEOIDS; FORAGE FISH; KRILL; MESOPELAGICS; YOY GROUNDFISH;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84927123412     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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