Bays and estuaries

The Ecology of Marine Fishes: California and Adjacent Waters

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 119-148

  Allen, Larry G ^a   Yoklavich, Mary ^b   Cailliet, Gregor M ^c   Horn, Michael H ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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