Ocean conditions drive interannual variability in juvenile albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) muscle energy content in the California Current System

• Catherine F. Nickels ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: catherine.nickels@noaa.gov (CFN); bmuhling@ucsc.edu (BAM)

  ¤ Current Address: Fish Ecology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, USA

  Affiliations University of California, Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences’ Fisheries Collaborative Program, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Fisheries Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1628-387X

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• Barbara A. Muhling ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: catherine.nickels@noaa.gov (CFN); bmuhling@ucsc.edu (BAM)

  Affiliations University of California, Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences’ Fisheries Collaborative Program, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Fisheries Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California, United States of America

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• Elan J. Portner,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9112-863X

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• Owyn E. Snodgrass,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fisheries Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California, United States of America

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• Heidi Dewar

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fisheries Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California, United States of America

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