Cormorant and grebe predation on rainbow trout stocked in a southern Utah reservoir

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 388-394

  Modde, Timothy ^a,c   Wasowicz, Anthony F ^a   Hepworth, Dale K ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Colorado River Fish Project ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; AMADINA FASCIATA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GILA ATRARIA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PODICIPEDIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0029787730     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1996)016<0388:CAGPOR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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