Modeling migratory energetics of connecticut river American shad (Alosa sapidissima): Implications for the conservation of an iteroparous anadromous fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 806-830

  Castro Santos, Theodore ^a   Letcher, Benjamin H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOENERGETICS; CLUPEOID; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

CONNECTICUT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA;

EID: 77952267064     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-026     Document Type: Article

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