Effect of hypoxia on habitat quality of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 989-1002

  Costantini, Marco ^a,d   Ludsin, Stuart A ^a,e   Mason, Doran M ^a   Zhang, Xinsheng ^b   Boicourt, William C ^c   Brandt, Stephen B ^a  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Programma Mare   (Italy)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; EUTROPHICATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOXIA; MODELING; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SURFACE WATER;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; PISCES;

EID: 44149091300     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-021     Document Type: Article

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