Consumption by marine mammals on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 373-389

  Smith, Laurel A ^a   Link, Jason S ^a   Cadrin, Steven X ^b   Palka, Debra L ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b School for Marine Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Commercial fisheries; Competition; conservation; Consumption estimates; Ecosystem modeling; Energetics; Marine mammal diets; Northeast u.s. Shelf; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MARINE MAMMAL;

UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOPOD; CETACEA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; PHOCIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY WEIGHT; CETACEA; DECAPODIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; SEALS, EARLESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047700297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1656.1     Document Type: Article

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