Local habitat and regional oceanographic influence on fish distribution patterns in the diminishing kelp forests across the Aleutian Archipelago

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1935-1951

  Konar, Brenda ^a   Edwards, Matthew ^b   Efird, Terril ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Habitat drivers; Kelp forests; Oceanographic biogeographic breaks; Urchin barrens

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORALLINE ALGA; DEMERSAL FISH; ECHINODERM; HABITAT TYPE; KELP FOREST; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

AGARUM; ALGAE; LAMINARIALES; PISCES;

EID: 84938887539     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: 15735133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-015-0412-6     Document Type: Article

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