Trophic interactions between larval gizzard shad and resident zooplanktivores in Claytor Lake, Virginia

Anglers unlawfully introduced gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum into Claytor Lake, Virginia in the late 1980s, apparently with the intention of improving the sportfishery by adding an additional clupeid prey resource. This study examined the trophic interactions between larval shad and resident zoop...

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Main Author: Small, Ron
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35261
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10022002-132132/