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On the temporal variability of the physical environment over the south-eastern Bering Sea

P. J. Stabeno,1 N. A. Bond,2 N. B. Kachel,2 S. A. Salo,1 and J. D. Schumacher3

1NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, 98115
2University of Washington, JISAO, Seattle, Washington, 98195
3Two Crow Environmental Consultants, Silver City, NM, 88061

Fisheries Oceanography, 10(1), 81–98 (2001).
Copyright ©2001 by Blackwell Science Ltd. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

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