Assessment of the Response of Piscivorous Sportfishes to the Establishment of Gizzard Shad in Claytor Lake, Virginia

Gizzard shad were illegally introduced to Claytor Lake in the late 1980s and soon established a thriving population. This study assessed 1) the degree to which gizzard shad were utilized by piscivores (pelagic - striped bass Morone saxatilis, hybrid striped bass M. chrysops x M. saxatilis, and walle...

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Main Author: Bonds, Charles Craig
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31645
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04072000-11510016/