Migration and spawning of American shad in the James River, Virginia

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1392-1404

  Aunins, Aaron ^a   Olney, John E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CLUPEOID; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROPHONE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND;

JAMES RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955087046     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-160.1     Document Type: Article

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