Movement into floodplain habitats by gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) revealed by dietary and stable isotope analyses

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Zeug, Steven C ^a   Peretti, Danielle ^b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazos river; Faunal exchange; Oxbow lake; Reproduction; Texas

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; CONNECTIVITY; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FLOODPLAIN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

BRAZOS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE;

EID: 60449098792     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9438-3     Document Type: Article

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