Caloric densities of selected fish prey organisms in the lower Mississippi River

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 409-414

  Eggleton, Michael A ^a,c   Schramm, Harold L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; FISH; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMA PETENENSE; ICTALURUS FURCATUS; LABIDESTHES SICCULUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MACROBRACHIUM OHIONI; MORONE CHRYSOPS; PROCAMBARUS; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS;

EID: 0036742945     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2002.9663914     Document Type: Article

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