Natural tracers reveal population structure of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the eastern North Pacific
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R. J. David Wells1,2*, Michael J. Kinney3, Suzanne Kohin4, Heidi Dewar4, Jay R. Rooker1,2, and Owyn E. Snodgrass3 Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Rd, Galveston, TX 77553, USA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA Ocean Associates; Under Contract to Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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