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Weighted relative vulnerability mean scores of threats assessed to sand lance and their habitats in the Salish Sea, and their associated bootstrapped 95 percent confidence intervals.
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Like many forage fish species, Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) play a key role in nearshore marine ecosystems as an important prey source for a diverse array of predators in the northeastern Pacific. However, the primary threats to Pacific sand lance and their habitat are poorly defined due to a lack of systematic data. Crucial informatio...