State of the California current 2009-2010: Regional variation persists through transition from la Niña to el Niño (and back?)

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 51, Issue , 2010, Pages 39-69

  Bjorkstedt, Eric P ^a   Goericke, Ralf ^b   McClatchie, Sam ^c   Weber, Ed ^c   Watson, William ^c   Lo, Nancy ^c   Peterson, Bill ^c   Emmett, Bob ^c   Peterson, Jay ^d   Durazo, Reginaldo ^e   Gaxiola Castro, Gilberto ^f   Chavez, Francisco ^g   Pennington, J T ^g   Collins, C A ^h   Field, John ⁱ   Ralston, Steve ⁱ   Sakuma, Keith ⁱ   Bograd, Steven J ^c   Schwing, Franklin B ^c   Xue, Yan ^j   Sydeman, William J ^k   Thompson, Sarah Ann ^k   Santora, Jarrod A ^k   Largier, John ^l   Halle, Chris ^l   Morgan, Steven ^l   Kim, Sung Yong ^b   Merkens, Karlina P B ^b   Hildebrand, John A ^b   Munger, Lisa M ^m   more..

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^g MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^j CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^m PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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