Spawning location and distribution of early life stages of alewife and blueback herring in a Virginia stream

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 779-791

  O'Connell, Ann M ^a,b   Angermeier, Paul L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEWIFE; BLUEBACK HERRING; NURSERY HABITAT; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTIRBUTION; SPAWNING HABITAT;

RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER; USA; VIRGINIA;

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA CHRYSOCHLORIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0031473245     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352251     Document Type: Article

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