Diel and seasonal patterns of spotted gar movement and habitat use in the lower atchafalaya river basin, louisiana

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-154

  Snedden, Gregg A ^a,b   Kelso, William E ^a   Rutherford, D Allen ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

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EID: 0001629888     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0144:DASPOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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