Biophysical transport model suggests climate variability determines distribution of Walleye Pollock early life stages in the eastern Bering Sea through effects on spawning

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 459-474

  Petrik, Colleen M ^a,d   Duffy Anderson, Janet T ^b   Mueter, Franz ^a   Hedstrom, Katherine ^a   Curchitser, Enrique N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CROSS-SHELF CIRCULATION; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; EASTERN BERING SEAS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

POLLACHIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 84951894368     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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