Diet composition in San Francisco Estuary striped bass: Does trophic adaptability have its limits?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Nobriga, Matthew L ^a   Feyrer, Frederick ^b  

^a CALFED Bay Delta Program   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Invasive species; Morone saxatilis; San Francisco Estuary; Striped bass; Trophic adaptability

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; MYSIDA; PISCES;

EID: 56649100665     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9376-0     Document Type: Article

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