Feeding habits and novel prey of larval fishes in the northern San Francisco Estuary

Abstract Food limitation can dampen the survival and growth of fish species during early development. To investigate prey diversity important to the planktivorous larval longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) from the San Francisco Estuary, we used DNA metabarc...

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Main Authors: Michelle J. Jungbluth, Jillian Burns, Lenny Grimaldo, Anne Slaughter, Aspen Katla, Wim Kimmerer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-11-01
Series:Environmental DNA
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.226