MCCIP Ecosystem Linkages Report Card 2009 A view from above: changing seas, seabirds and food sources
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Fisheries Research Services (FRS), Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB
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