Overwintering habitats of migratory juvenile American shad in Chesapeake Bay

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-345

  Hoffman, Joel C ^a,b,c   Limburg, Karin E ^b   Bronk, Deborah A ^a   Olney, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alosa; Diet; Movement; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYSIDA; PISCES;

EID: 38349160689     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9204-y     Document Type: Article

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