Do sturgeon limit burrowing shrimp populations in Pacific Northwest estuaries?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-296

  Dumbauld, Brett R ^a   Holden, David L ^b   Langness, Olaf P ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser; Endangered; Neotrypeaea; Oyster; Predation; Willapa Bay

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CRUSTACEAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; COLUMBIA RIVER; GRAYS HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; OSTREIDAE; THALASSINIDAE;

EID: 54349089679     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9333-y     Document Type: Article

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