Finfish-waterbird trophic interactions in tidal freshwater tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 50-62

  Viverette, Catherine B ^a   Garman, Greg C ^a   McIninch, Stephen P ^a   Markham, A Catherine ^b   Watts, Bryan D ^b   Macko, Stephen A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Shad; Atlantic Menhaden; Bald Eagle; Catfishes; Chesapeake Bay; Fish bird interactions; Fresh tidal river; Osprey

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRIBUTARY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; AVES; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; CLUPEIDAE; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; PANDION; PISCES; SILURIFORMES; TYRANNUS;

EID: 42049109267     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0050:FTIITF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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