The state of the California current, 2003-2004: A rare "normal" year

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 45, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-59

  Goericke, Ralf ^a   Venrick, Elizabeth ^a   Mantyla, Arnold ^a   Bograd, Steven J ^b   Schwing, Franklin B ^b   Huyer, Adriana ^c   Smith, Robert L ^c   Wheeler, Patricia A ^c   Hooff, Rian ^c   Peterson, William T ^d   Gaxiola Castro, Gilberto ^e   Gómez Valdes, José ^e   Lavaniegos, Bertha E ^a,e   Hyrenbach, K David ^f   Sydeman, William J ^f  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (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: 27644494111     PISSN: 05753317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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