Nearshore assemblages of larval rockfishes and their physical environment off central California during an extended El Niño event, 1991-1993

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 766-782

  Yoklavich, Mary M ^a   Loeb, Valerie J ^b   Nishimoto, Mary ^b   Daly, Brendan ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; NEARSHORE ASSEMBLAGES; ROCKFISH;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

SEBASTES;

EID: 0030302849     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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