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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The northern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending northward from the equator to the Bering Strait.
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I'm starting to think that the North Pacific Ocean is a zombie.
Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf Adam Wright - Socalsurf.com 2010
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Ecological effects of regime shifts in the Bering Sea and eastern North Pacific Ocean.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Annual adult survival of least auklets (Aves, Alcidea) varies with large scale climatic conditions in the North Pacific Ocean.
Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009
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It borders the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States; and it borders the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States.
Mexico 2009
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Similarly, the Convention for a North Pacific Marine Science Organization and the Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean provide frameworks for scientific exchange and cooperation.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009
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A numerical study of the circulation of the Bering Sea Basin and exchange with the North Pacific Ocean.
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Recruitment and stock biomass have been examined for evidence that climatic shifts induce responses in the production of groundfish species in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean [68].
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Original distribution of wild salmon in the North Pacific Ocean and surrounding watersheds.
Salmon decline in western North America~ historical context 2009
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Since the eastern Bering Sea shelf has a characteristically sluggish mean flow and is separated from any direct oceanographic connection to the North Pacific Ocean by the Alaska Peninsula, linkages between the eastern Bering Sea and the climate system are primarily a result of the ocean – atmosphere interaction [53].
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Ecological effects of regime shifts in the Bering Sea and eastern North Pacific Ocean.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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