Growth, survival, and starvation resistance of Colorado squawfish larvae

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-209

  Bestgen, Kevin R ^a  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Critical period; Cyprinidae; Endangered; Fish larvae; Food abundance; Point of no return; Ptychocheilus lucius; Regulated river; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COLORADO SQUAWFISH; FISH LARVA; FOOD ABUNDANCE; GROWTH; STARVATION RESISTANCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS;

EID: 0029659785     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005222     Document Type: Article

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