Oviatt, C. A., A. L. Gall, and S. W. Nixon. 



1972. Environmental effects of Atlantic menhaden on surrounding 

 waters. Chesapeake Science, vol. 13, no- 4, p. 321-323. 



Schools of Atlantic menhaden, 13. tyr annus , have measurable 



effects upon the estuarine waters of Narragansett Bay, 



R.I., by their feeding, respiration and excretion. 



The concentrations of phytoplankton and oxygen decreased 



and ammonia increased within the immediate vicinity of 



schools. 



Pacheco, Anthony L. 



1962. Age and growth of spot in lower Chesapeake Bay, with notes 



on distribution and abundance of juveniles in the York River 

 system. Chesapeake Science, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 18-28. 



B_. tyr annus mentioned . 



Pacheco, Anthony L. , and George C. Grant. 



1965. Studies of the early life history of Atlantic menhaden in 



estuarine nurseries. Part I — Seasonal occurrences of juvenile 

 menhaden and other small fishes in a tributary creek of Indian 

 River, Delaware, 1957-58. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 Special Scientific Report - Fisheries no. 504, 32 p. 



Monthly occurrences and size range of juvenile B_. tyrannus 

 and other small fishes from 32 families are summarized from 

 800 seine collections. Salinity and temperature observations 

 for each collection are included. 



Pacheco, Anthony L. , and George C. Grant. 



1973. Immature fishes associated with larval Atlantic menhaden at 

 Indian River Inlet, Delaware, 1958-61, p. 78-117. In A. L. 

 Pacheco [ed.], Proceedings of a Workshop on Egg, larval and 

 Juvenile Stages of Fish in Atlantic Coast Estuaries. National 

 Marine Fisheries Service, Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries 

 Center, Technical Publication no. 1. 



Atlantic menhaden, bay anchovy, American eel, Atlantic 

 silverside, summer and winter flounder made up 70% by 

 numbers of the 59 species of fish collected during 

 October to May, 1958-61. 



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