Factors affecting migration patterns of juvenile river herring in a coastal Massachusetts stream

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Iafrate, Joseph ^a   Oliveira, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromous; Emigration; Life history

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NURSERY GROUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HERRING RIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 35848962496     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9178-1     Document Type: Article

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