Temperature effects on swimming performance of larval and juvenile colorado squawfish: Implications for survival and species recovery

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 940-947

  Childs, Michael R ^a   Clarkson, Robert W ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS;

COLORADO SQUAWFISH; SPECIES RECOVERY; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE;

USA, COLORADO, COLORADO RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0030299390     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0940:TEOSPO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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