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Age-specific mortality and transport of larval walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma in the western Gulf of Alaska

Sarah Hinckley, Kevin Bailey, Susan Picquele

NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA

Mary Yoklavich

NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Fisheries Environmental Group, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, PO Box 831, Monterey, California 93942, USA

Phyllis Stabeno

NOAA, OAR, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA

Marine Ecological Progress Series, 98, 17-29.
Copyright ©1993 Inter-Research. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

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