Diet and food web support of the white perch, Morone americana, in the Hackensack Meadowlands of New Jersey

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-113

  Weis, Judith S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Gut contents; Macrophyte; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PERCID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MORONE AMERICANA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 26844501248     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-005-6466-0     Document Type: Article

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