Contribution of marine-derived organic matter to an Atlantic coast, freshwater, tidal stream by anadromous clupeid fishes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-285

  Garman, Greg C ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous inputs; Anadromous fishes; Stable isotope analyses; Tidal fresh waters

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; COASTAL ZONE; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION; ORGANIC MATTER;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WARD CREEK;

ALOSA; ANIMALIA; CLUPEIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031742716     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468331     Document Type: Article

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