The state of the California current, 2000-2001: A third straight La Niña year

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 42, Issue , 2001, Pages 29-60

  Durazo, Reginaldo ^a,b   Collins, Curtis A ^b   Hyrenbach, K David ^c   Schwing, Franklin B ^d   Baumgartner, Timothy R ^e   De la Campa, Sarita ^e   García, Joaquín ^e   Gaxiola Castro, Gilberto ^e   Loya, Daniel ^e   Smith, Robert L ^f   Wheeler, Pat ^f   Bograd, Steven J ^d   Huyer, Adriana ^f   Lynn, Ronald J ^d   Sydeman, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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