Diet composition and feeding habits of common fishes in long Island bays, New York

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-314

  Sagarese, Skyler R ^a   Cerrato, Robert M ^a   Frisk, Michael G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCRIDAE; CRANGON; CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; PARALICHTHYS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; PRIONOTUS EVOLANS; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; RAJA EGLANTERIA; SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS; STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS;

EID: 80053471909     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.018.0304     Document Type: Article

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