Relationship between abundance of juvenile rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) and environmental variables documented off northern California and potential mechanisms for the covariation

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Laidig, Thomas E ^a   Chess, James R ^a   Howard, Daniel F ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCORPAENIDAE; SEBASTES; SEBASTES FLAVIDUS; SEBASTES MELANOPS; SEBASTES MYSTINUS;

EID: 34047126329     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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