Seabirds and climate in the California Current-a synthesis of change

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 50, Issue , 2009, Pages 82-104

  Sydeman, William J ^a   Mills, Kyra L ^a   Santora, Jarrod A ^a   Thompson, Sarah Ann ^a   Bertram, Douglas F ^b   Morgan, Ken H ^b   Hipfner, J Mark ^c   Wells, Brian K ^d   Wolf, Shaye G ^e  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Center for Biodiversity   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; SEBASTES;

EID: 76249119512     PISSN: 05753317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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