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Filtering by: Creator Brodeur, Richard D. Decade 1980-1989

The neustonic fauna in coastal waters of the northeast Pacific: abundance, distribution, and utilization by juvenile salmonids

Creator:

Brodeur, Richard D., Pearcy, William G., Mundy, Bruce C., and Wisseman, Robert W.

Abstract:

The surface-layer zone, occupying the upper 20 cm of the water column, represents a unique oceanic environment. A diverse assemblage of organisms occupies this zone, either in an obligate or facultative manner (Zaitsev 1970, Hempel and Weikert 1972, Cheng 1975, Peres 1982). Certain animals show morphological or biochemical adaptations to...

Resource Type:

Technical Report
Food habits, dietary overlap and gastric evacuation rates of rockfishes (genus Sebastes)

Creator:

Brodeur, Richard D.

Abstract:

Euphausiids constituted the major food of five co-occuring species of rockfishes (Sebastes spp.). Copepods, decapods, cephalopods, amphipods, fishes and other pelagic prey were also consumed but were less important to the overall diet. Two species, S. flavidus and S. diploproa, were relatively euryphagous, utilizing a high number of prey taxa....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis