Abundance and distribution of the eastern North Pacific Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) population

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-115

  Pitcher, Kenneth W ^a   Olesiuk, Peter F ^b   Brown, Robin F ^c   Lowry, Mark S ^d   Jeffries, Steven J ^e   Sease, John L ^f   Perryman, Wayne L ^d   Stinchcomb, Charles E ^d   Lowry, Lloyd F ^g  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^f ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 34047177909     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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