California sea lions: An indicator for integrated ecosystem assessment of the California current system

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-152

  Melin, Sharon R ^a   Orr, Anthony J ^a   Harris, Jeffrey D ^a   Laake, Jeffrey L ^a   Delong, Robert L ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 84872767892     PISSN: 05753317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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