Diets of and trophic relationships among dominant marine nekton within the northern California Current ecosystem

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 548-559

  Miller, Todd W ^a,b   Brodeur, Richard D ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURAN; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 38049019032     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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