Modelling the ecological constraints on growth and movement of juvenile American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in the Hudson River estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 794-813

  Limburg, Karin E ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA;

AMERICAN SHAD; ANADROMOUS SPECIES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; FISH JUVENILE; GROWTH; HABITAT USE; JUVENILES; LOCAL MOVEMENTS; MODELLING;

USA, NEW YORK, HUDSON ESTUARY;

EID: 0030302634     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352298     Document Type: Article

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