Anadromous fish as marine nutrient vectors

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-174

  Macavoy, Stephen E ^a   Garman, Greg C ^b   Macko, Stephen A ^c,d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSA; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; AVES; CLUPEIDAE; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; ICTALURUS FURCATUS; PISCES;

EID: 66449131808     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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