Modeling krill aggregations in the central-northern California Current

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 528, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-99

  Dorman, Jeffrey G ^a,b   Sydeman, William J ^a   García Reyes, Marisol ^a   Zeno, Ramona A ^a   Santora, Jarrod A ^a,c  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCS; Euphausia pacifica; Offshore transport; Spatial prey structure; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE FORCING; CRUSTACEAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PERSISTENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84930789491     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11253     Document Type: Article

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