Seasonal food web models for the Oregon inner-shelf ecosystem: Investigating the role of large jellyfish

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 48, Issue , 2007, Pages 106-128

  Ruzicka, James J ^a   Brodeur, Richard D ^b   Wainwright, Thomas C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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PISCES; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 44449115389     PISSN: 05753317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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