Life history of hickory shad in the St. Johns River, Florida

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1463-1471

  Harris, Julianne E ^a   McBride, Richard S ^a   Williams, Roy O ^a  

^a Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLUPEOID; LIFE HISTORY; SAMPLING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPAWNING GROUND; SPAWNING POPULATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT JOHN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA MEDIOCRIS; CARYA;

EID: 38349009165     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-187.1     Document Type: Article

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