An ecological analysis of rockfish (Sebastes spp.) assemblages in the North Pacific Ocean along broad-scale environmental gradients

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Rooper, Christopher N ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

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SEBASTES;

EID: 40949128712     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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