Anomalous migrations of anadromous herrings revealed with natural chemical tracers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-437

  Limburg, Karin E ^a,b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMOUS SPECIES; MIGRATION; MONITORING; TRACER;

CANADA;

ALOSA; ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0031810865     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-219     Document Type: Article

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