Age and growth of alewives in the changing pelagia of lake ontario, 1978–1992

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-126

  O’Gorman, Robert ^a   Johannsson, Ora E ^b   Schneider, Clifford P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Cape Vincent Fisheries Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSA; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; PELAGIA;

EID: 0030939755     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0112:AAGOAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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