Spatial Patterns in Condition and Feeding of Juvenile Weakfish in Delaware Bay

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 803-808

  Grecay, Paul A ^a,b   Targett, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNOSCION REGALIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYSIDAE; NEOMYSIS AMERICANA;

BODY CONDITIONS; ESTUARIES; FEEDING; JUVENILES; NURSERY GROUNDS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

USA, DELAWARE, DELAWARE BAY;

EID: 0030303364     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0803:SPICAF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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