Distribution and growth of young-of-the-year striped bass in the miramichi river estuary, gulf of st. Lawrence

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-69

  Robichaud Leblanc, Kimberly A ^a   Courtenay, Simon C ^a   Benfey, Tillmann J ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; GROWTH MODEL; MIGRAITON; STRIPED BASS;

CANADA; GULF OF ST LAWRENCE; MIRAMICHI ESTUARY; NEW BRUNSWICK;

ANIMALIA; MORONE SAXATILIS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0031918767     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0056:DAGOYO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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