Use of fish-otolith-length regressions to infer size of double-crested cormorant prey fish from recovered otoliths in Lake Ontario

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Ross, Robert M ^a   Johnson, James H ^a   Adams, Connie M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

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Indexed keywords

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; AMBLOPLITES RUPESTRIS; CENTRARCHIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PISCES; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 22544437876     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0133:UOFRTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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