Effects of climate variability and fishing on gadid-crustacean interactions in subarctic ecosystems

• Main Author: Marcello, Laurinda
• Other Authors: Mueter, Franz, Eckert, Ginny, Kruse, Gordon
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: snow crab; fishing; temperature; predation; codfish; Arctic; Bering Sea; Canada; Fairbanks; Labrador Shelf; Newfoundland; Pacific; atlantic cod; Chionoecetes opilio; Gadus morhua; Snow crab; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11395

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2011 Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) are a vital economic and biotic resource to many subarctic ecosystems. Their abundance varies greatly, but what causes large changes in production and early life survival is unknown. My overall goal is to improve our...