Feeding ecology of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 on the infauna of intertidal mudflats of Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 503-509

  Mclean, M F ^a   Dadswell, M J ^a   Stokesbury, M J W ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS OXYRHYNCHUS; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; BOMBYX; ETEONE; GLYCERA DIBRANCHIATA; GLYCERIDAE; MALDANIDAE; MYSIDAE; NEPHTYIDAE; NEREIDIDAE; PHYLLODOCIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE; SPIOPHANES BOMBYX;

EID: 84877596313     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jai.12175     Document Type: Article

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