Quantifying species abundance trends in the Northern Gulf of California using local ecological knowledge

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 190-218

  Ainsworth, C H ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Marine Resources Assessment Group Americas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84855928642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2010.549047     Document Type: Article

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