Changes in fish assemblages in the Tidal Hudson River, New York

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 471-503

  Daniels, Robert A ^a   Limburg, Karin E ^b   Schmidt, Robert E ^c   Strayer, David L ^d   Chambers, R Christopher ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Simon's Rock College   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM; ALOSA; CENTRARCHIDAE; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MICROGADUS TOMCOD; MORONE SAXATILIS; NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PISCES;

EID: 33751291723     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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