Caloric needs of detritivorous gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum are met with sediment bacterial and algal biomass

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Smoot, J C ^a,b   Findlay, R H ^a,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b C/e Solutions   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacteria; Benthic pelagic coupling; Detritivory; Gizzard shad

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE;

EID: 74349087302     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00202     Document Type: Article

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