Understanding climate control of fisheries recruitment in the eastern bering sea: Long-term measurements and process studies

Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 90-103

  Sheffield Guy, Lisa ^a   Duffy Anderson, Janet ^b   Matarese, Ann C ^b   Mordy, Calvin W ^a   Napp, Jeffrey M ^b   Stabeno, Phyllis J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84919830599     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2014.89     Document Type: Article

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