Habitat use and feeding ecology of riverine juvenile american shad

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 964-974

  Ross, Robert M ^a   Bennett, Randy M ^a   Johnson, James H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMERICAN SHAD; DIET; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; PREY SELECTION;

DELAWARE RIVER; USA;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA;

EID: 0031407261     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1997)017<0964:HUAFEO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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