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Special Section: Circulation and Hydrography of Canada’s Coastal and Inland Waters

Interannual Variability of the Circulation over the Eastern Canadian Shelf

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Pages 277-300 | Received 04 Apr 2011, Accepted 13 Dec 2011, Published online: 19 Apr 2012

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