Date of Award
Fall 12-15-2021
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Biological Science (MBioSci)
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Karen Wilson
Second Advisor
Christine Maher
Third Advisor
Theresa Theodose
Abstract
River herring is a term applied collectively to both alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, and blueback herring, A. aestivalis, anadromous fish that spend most of their life in the ocean and migrate upriver to freshwater to spawn each spring (NEFSC 2006). Juveniles spend their first summer in freshwater and are thought to migrate to the ocean in fall, where they remain until they are sexually mature and ready to spawn (three to five years; ASMFC 2012).
Recommended Citation
Webb, Amy E., "Juvenile alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) feeding habits, movement and residency in a northern temperate estuary" (2021). All Student Scholarship. 410.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/etd/410
