Early life history of blueback herring and alewife in the lower Roanoke River, North Carolina

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 910-926

  Walsh, Harvey J ^a   Settle, Lawrence R ^a   Peters, David S ^a  

^a Beaufort Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; ROANOKE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 21744456439     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-060.1     Document Type: Article

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