Environmental effects of atlantic menhaden on surrounding waters
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
12-1-1972
Abstract
Schools of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, have measurable effects upon the estuarine waters of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island by their feeding, respiration, and excretion. The concentrations of phytoplankton and oxygen decreased and ammonia increased within the immediate vicinity of schools. © 1972 Estuarine Research Federation.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Chesapeake Science
Volume
13
Issue
4
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Oviatt, C. A., A. L. Gall, and S. W. Nixon. "Environmental effects of atlantic menhaden on surrounding waters." Chesapeake Science 13, 4 (1972). doi: 10.2307/1351115.
