Effects of turbidity, light level, and cover on predation of white sturgeon larvae by prickly sculpins

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 369-374

  Gadomski, Dena M ^a   Parsley, Michael J ^a  

^a WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PREY LOCATION; TURBIDITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; COTTIDAE; COTTUS ASPER;

EID: 18244373677     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-213.1     Document Type: Article

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