The state of the California Current, 2002-2003: Tropical and subarctic influences vie for dominance

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 44, Issue , 2003, Pages 28-60

  Venrick, Elizabeth ^a   Durazo, Reginaldo ^b   Huyer, Adriana ^c   Mantyla, Arnold ^a   Bograd, Steven J ^d   Gaxiola Castro, Gilberto ^e   Hyrenbach, K David ^f   Schwing, Franklin B ^d   Checkley, David ^a   Hunter, John ^d   Laveniegos, Bertha E ^e   Smith, Robert L ^c   Sydeman, William J ^f   Wheeler, Patricia A ^c  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^f PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

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EID: 0346912967     PISSN: 05753317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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