Importance of Lake Ontario embayments and nearshore habitats as nurseries for larval fishes with emphasis on alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-198

  Klumb, Robert A ^a,d   Rudstam, Lars G ^a   Mills, Edward L ^a   Schneider, Clifford P ^b   Sawyko, Paul M ^c  

^a Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Embayments; Lake Ontario; Larval fish; Nearshore; Nursery habitat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS;

PLANKTON NETS;

LAKES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE ONTARIO); UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; LEPOMIS; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PISCES;

EID: 0037256341     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70426-2     Document Type: Article

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