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Ecological Interactions among Important Groundfishes in the Gulf of Alaska.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Ecological Interactions among Important Groundfishes in the Gulf of Alaska./
作者:	Barnes, Cheryl L.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
面頁冊數:	207 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-06, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-06B.
標題:	Ecology. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27663683
ISBN:	9781392519646

Ecological Interactions among Important Groundfishes in the Gulf of Alaska.
Barnes, Cheryl L.

Ecological Interactions among Important Groundfishes in the Gulf of Alaska. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 207 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-06, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Complex ecological interactions such as predation and competition play an important role in shaping the structure and function of marine communities. In fact, these processes can have greater impacts than those related to fishing. We assessed ecological interactions among economically important fishes in the Gulf of Alaska-a large marine ecosystem that has recently undergone considerable shifts in community composition. Specifically, we developed an index of predation for Walleye Pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) to examine spatiotemporal changes in consumption, quantify portfolio effects, and better understand diversity-stability relationships within the demersal food web. We also evaluated the potential for competition between two important pollock predators, Arrowtooth Flounder (Atheresthes stomias) and Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis). We found highly variable predation intensity on Gulf of Alaska pollock. The combination of a single dominant predator and synchronous consumption dynamics indicated strong top-down control in the region. Spatial heterogeneity, however, may offset trophic instability at the basin scale. Assessments of resource partitioning provided little indication for competition between Arrowtooth Flounder and Pacific Halibut of similar lengths. Morphological differences between the two flatfish predators prompted an exploration into whether our conclusions about resource partitioning were dependent upon the size metric used. From this study, we found a relatively early onset of piscivory for Arrowtooth Flounder. Relationships between predator size and prey size also suggested gape limitation among Pacific Halibut sampled. Trophic niche separation was more pronounced for fishes with larger gapes, indicating greater potential for competition among smaller Arrowtooth Flounder and Pacific Halibut in Southeast Alaska. Reexamining basin-scale relationships between spatial and dietary overlap according to gape size would further elucidate the effects an increasing Arrowtooth Flounder population has had on changes in Pacific Halibut size-at-age. Results from this dissertation improve our understanding about the impacts of complex ecological interactions on population and community dynamics, and how those interactions may change in time, space, and under different environmental conditions.

ISBN: 9781392519646Subjects--Topical Terms:

516476
Ecology.
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Alaska

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