Assemblage Structure of Eastern Pacific Groundfishes on the U.S. Continental Slope in Relation to Physical and Environmental Variables

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Tolimieri, Nick, Levin, Phillip S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Blanco; Pacific; spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/t05-092.1; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/T05-092.1

Abstract We analyzed data from the National Marine Fisheries Service continental slope trawl surveys (1999–2002) to examine patterns in eastern Pacific groundfish assemblage structure in relation to longitude, latitude, depth, temperature, and interannual variation. The slope surveys spanned approxi...