Reconstructing ecosystem dynamics in the central Pacific Ocean, 1952--1998. I. Estimating population biomass and recruitment of tunas and billfishes
Tags: TUNA; BIOTIC communities; BIOMASS; POPULATION biology; FISHERIES
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