Bioenergetic responses of a benthic forage fish (fundulus heteroclitus) to habitat degradation and altered prey community in polluted salt marshes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1566-1584

  Goto, Daisuke ^a,c   Wallace, William G ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOENERGETICS; CYPRINID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HABITAT LOSS; METABOLISM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALTMARSH; WATER POLLUTION;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PISCES;

EID: 77958067194     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-082     Document Type: Article

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