Ecology of larval pacific herring in the San Francisco Estuary: Seasonal and interannual abundance, distribution, diet, and condition

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2004, Issue 39, 2004, Pages 15-35

  Bollens, Stephen M ^a   Sanders, Alison M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLUPEA PALLASI; COPEPODA; GASTROPODA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 33751246488     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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