Seasonal and Ontogenetic Variation in the Diet and Daily Ration of Estuarine Red Drum as Derived from Field-Based Estimates of Gastric Evacuation and Consumption

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 546-559

  Facendola, Joseph J ^a,b   Scharf, Frederick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Southern District Office   (United States)

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SCIAENOPS;

EID: 84869203218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2012.699018     Document Type: Article

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