Polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet
Ecological information on the polychaete community may improve habitat descriptions and distribution models of commercially important species that are polychaete-feeders. This study reports on the first new observations in nearly three decades on the polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Berin...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s002531541000024x 2024-03-03T08:43:14+00:00 Polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet Yeung, Cynthia Yang, Mei-Sun McConnaughey, Robert A. 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002531541000024x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002531541000024X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 90, issue 5, page 903-917 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 Aquatic Science journal-article 2010 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531541000024x 2024-02-08T08:49:31Z Ecological information on the polychaete community may improve habitat descriptions and distribution models of commercially important species that are polychaete-feeders. This study reports on the first new observations in nearly three decades on the polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea. This information was used in an exploratory assessment of the association between polychaete assemblages and environmental variables that define the benthic habitat. The spatial association between polychaete assemblages and groundfish predators was also explored for insight into whether prey assemblages influence predator distribution. Canonical correspondence analysis indicates that surficial sediment is the most important factor in organizing polychaete assemblages, over other common environmental variables such as depth and temperature. Co-correspondence analysis of the distributions of groundfish species and polychaete families does not indicate that predators are associated with specific prey families. Families that are most frequent in stomach contents of some of the fish in the analysis, mainly Maldanidae and Nephtyidae, are widely distributed across the Bering Sea shelf in diverse sediment types, as are the principal polychaete-feeders in the eastern Bering Sea such as Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) and northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra) . Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Alaska Cambridge University Press Bering Sea Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90 5 903 917 |
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Ecological information on the polychaete community may improve habitat descriptions and distribution models of commercially important species that are polychaete-feeders. This study reports on the first new observations in nearly three decades on the polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea. This information was used in an exploratory assessment of the association between polychaete assemblages and environmental variables that define the benthic habitat. The spatial association between polychaete assemblages and groundfish predators was also explored for insight into whether prey assemblages influence predator distribution. Canonical correspondence analysis indicates that surficial sediment is the most important factor in organizing polychaete assemblages, over other common environmental variables such as depth and temperature. Co-correspondence analysis of the distributions of groundfish species and polychaete families does not indicate that predators are associated with specific prey families. Families that are most frequent in stomach contents of some of the fish in the analysis, mainly Maldanidae and Nephtyidae, are widely distributed across the Bering Sea shelf in diverse sediment types, as are the principal polychaete-feeders in the eastern Bering Sea such as Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) and northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra) . |
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Polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet |
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Polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet |
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Polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet |
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Polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet |
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Polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern Bering Sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet |
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polychaete assemblages in the south-eastern bering sea: linkage with groundfish distribution and diet |
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