Temporal and Spatial Effects on the Diet of an Estuarine Piscivore, Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus)

Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the USA and comprises vast areas of polyhaline to freshwater, tidal fish habitat. The Bay experiences large temperature differences between winter and summer, which in combination with the variety of salinities enables approximately 240 species of fish to be...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Estuaries and coasts Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 1292 - 1303
Main Authors:	McGrath, Patrick E., Hilton, Eric J., Musick, John A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer Science+Business Media 01.11.2013 Springer US Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	anadromous fish Animal and plant ecology Animal populations Animal, plant and microbial ecology Autoecology Biological and medical sciences Brackish Brackish water ecosystems Brevoortia tyrannus Chesapeake Bay Coastal Sciences Diet Earth and Environmental Science Ecology Environment Environmental Management Estuaries Fish Freshwater & Marine Ecology Freshwater fish Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Fundulus General aspects habitats Lepisosteus Lepisosteus osseus Marine fish Micropogonias Micropogonias undulatus Morone americana Predation Predators Prey rivers Salinity Spawning summer Synecology Tidal rivers Virginia Water and Health Water temperature winter ANW, USA, Virginia ANW, USA, Chesapeake Bay Virginia Chesapeake Bay Prey Temperature Anadromous Lepisosteidae Seasonality Salinity Estuaries Brackish water environment Piscivorous Diet Feeding
ISSN:	1559-2723, 1559-2731
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!