The Role of Carrion Supply in the Abundance of Deep-Water Fish off California

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Drazen, Jeffrey C ^a   Bailey, David M ^b   Ruhl, Henry A ^c   Smith, Kenneth L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84868316945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049332     Document Type: Article

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