Future consequences of climate change for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its fisheries

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2002, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 171-184

  Wood, Robert J ^a   Boesch, Donald F ^a   Kennedy, Victor S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

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FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 24344450683     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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