Distributions and abundances of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) and other pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during spring 2006, 2008, and 2010, estimated from acoustic-trawl surveys

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-122

  Zwolinski, Juan P ^a   Demer, David A ^a   Byers, Kyle A ^a   Cutter, George R ^a   Renfree, Josiah S ^a   Sessions, Thomas S ^a   Macewicz, Beverly J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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