Consumption, selectivity, and use of zooplankton by larval striped bass and white perch in a seasonally pulsed estuary

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 607-621

  Limburg, K E ^a,c   Pace, M L ^a   Fischer, D ^a   Arend, K K ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOSMINA; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; COPEPODA; MORONE AMERICANA; MORONE SAXATILIS; PISCES;

EID: 0030704310     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0607:CSAUOZ>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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