Spatial variability in rockfish (Sebastes spp.) recruitment events in the California Current System

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2199-2210

  Field, John C ^a   Ralston, Stephen ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SEBASTES; SEBASTES ENTOMELAS; SEBASTES FLAVIDUS; SEBASTES GOODEI;

EID: 32644434369     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-134     Document Type: Article

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