Gastric evacuation rates of piscivorous young-of-the-year bluefish

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 591-599

  Buckel, Jeffrey A ^a   Conover, David O ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUEFISH; ESTIMATION; ESTUARINE FISH; EVACUATION RATE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GASTRIC EVACUATION RATES;

POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; ANCHOA; ANCHOA MITCHILLI; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; MORONE SAXATILIS; TYRANNUS;

EID: 0030302937     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0591:GEROPY>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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