Predator response to releases of American shad larvae in the Susquehanna River basin

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 192-199

  Johnson, J H ^a   Ringler, N H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alosa sapidissima; American shad; Predation; Stocking

Indexed keywords

FISH; LARVA; PREDATION; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

PENNSYLVANIA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CYPRINELLA SPILOPTERA; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; NOTROPIS VOLUCELLUS;

EID: 0032453164     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1998.tb00186.x     Document Type: Article

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