Trophic ecology of the dominant fishes in Elkhorn Slough, California, 1974-1980

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-138

  Barry, James P ^a,b   Yoklavich, Mary M ^a,c   Cailliet, Gregor M ^a   Ambrose, David A ^a,c   Antrim, Brooke S ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS; FISH; PREY COMPOSITION; TROPHIC ECOLOGY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, ELKHORN SLOUGH;

EID: 0029667773     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352657     Document Type: Review

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