Population dynamics and distribution patterns of longfin smelt in the San Francisco Estuary

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1577-1592

  Rosenfield, Jonathan A ^a,c   Baxter, Randall D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Aquatic Restoration Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TELEOST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

SPIRINCHUS; SPIRINCHUS THALEICHTHYS;

EID: 38349185382     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-148.1     Document Type: Article

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