Regional variability in food availability for Arctic marine mammals

BA Bluhm, R Gradinger - Ecological Applications, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This review provides an overview of prey preferences of seven core Arctic marine mammal
species (AMM) and four non‐core species on a pan‐Arctic scale with regional examples …

[LLIBRE][B] Ecosystem-based fisheries management: confronting tradeoffs

J Link - 2010 - books.google.com
Responsible fisheries management is of increasing interest to the scientific community,
resource managers, policy makers, stakeholders and the general public. Focusing solely on …

A bioenergetic model for estimating the food requirements of Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska, USA

AJ Winship, AW Trites, DAS Rosen - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2002 - int-res.com
A generalized bioenergetic model was used to estimate the food requirements of Steller sea
lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska, USA. Inputs included age-and sex-specific energy …

Effects of climate change and commercial fishing on Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

N Mieszkowska, MJ Genner, SJ Hawkins… - Advances in marine …, 2009 - Elsevier
During the course of the last century, populations of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L. have
undergone dramatic declines in abundance across their biogeographic range, leading to …

Important prey species of marine vertebrate predators in the northwest Atlantic: proximate composition and energy density

JW Lawson, AM Magalhães, EH Miller - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1998 - int-res.com
Prey energy density values are crucial inputs to bioenergetic consumption models.
Vertebrate predators in the northwest Atlantic consume a variety of prey species, but the …

[PDF][PDF] Estimated prey consumption by harp seals (Phoca groenlandica), hooded seals (Cystophora cristata), grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and harbour seals …

MO Hammill, GB Stenson - Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery …, 2000 - journal.nafo.int
Consumption of prey by harp (Phoca groenlandica), hooded (Cystophora cristata), grey
(Halichoerus grypus), and harbour (Phoca vitulina) seals in Atlantic Canada was estimated …

Estimating food consumption of marine predators: Antarctic fur seals and macaroni penguins

IL Boyd - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Estimating food consumption is central to defining the ecological role of marine
predators. This study developed an algorithm for synthesizing information about physiology …

The trophic role of marine mammals in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

L Morissette, MO Hammill… - Marine Mammal …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The trophic role of apex predators was evaluated in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence
ecosystem. An Ecopath model was developed for the period 1985–1987 prior to the …

Harbor seal diet in northern Puget Sound: implications for the recovery of depressed fish stocks

MM Lance, WY Chang, SJ Jeffries, SF Pearson… - Marine Ecology …, 2012 - int-res.com
Recovery of severely declining resource stocks often leads to enforced quotas or reduced
human access to those resources. Predators, however, do not recognize such restrictions …

Ecosystem changes and the effects on capelin (Mallotus villosus), a major forage species

JE Carscadden, KT Frank… - Canadian Journal of …, 2001 - cdnsciencepub.com
Dans les années 1990, on a observé chez le capelan (Mallotus villosus), important poisson
fourrage et commercial dans l'Atlantique nord-ouest, des changements spectaculaires de la …