Longitudinal Growth Differences and the Influence of Diet Quality on Atka Mackerel of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Using a Bioenergetics Model to Explore Underlying Mechanisms

• Published in: Marine and Coastal Fisheries
• Main Authors: K. M. Rand, D. A. Beauchamp, S. A. Lowe
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Fisheries Society 2010
• Subjects: Amchitka; Amchitka Island; Atka; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1577/C09-046.1

Atka mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius make up the single largest biomass of groundfish in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and are an important component of this marine ecosystem. Atka mackerel show a significant decrease in size from east to west. We compared fish from two study areas reflecting t...