A comparison of diets of blueback herring (alosa aestivalis) and threadfin shad (dorosoma petenense) in a large southeastern U.S. reservoir

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-221

  Winkelman, Dana L ^a   Van Den Avyle, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; FISH; PREY SELECTION; RESERVOIR; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

UNITED STATES;

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; BOSMINA; COPEPODA; DOROSOMA PETENENSE;

EID: 0036092364     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2002.9663889     Document Type: Article

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