Dietary segregation of pelagic and littoral fish assemblages in a highly modified tidal freshwater estuary

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 200-217

  Grimaldo, Lenny F ^a,b   Stewart, A Robin ^c   Kimmerer, Wim ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 79551505038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/C08-013.1     Document Type: Article

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