Habitat use, diet, and population structure of adult and juvenile paddlefish in the lower alabama river

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 288-301

  Hoxmeier, R John H ^a,b   Devries, Dennis R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT USE; LIFE SPAN; PADDLEFISH;

ALABAMA; ALABAMA RIVER; USA;

ARTHROPODA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; EPHEMEROPTERA; POLYODON SPATHULA; SPATHULA;

EID: 0030849543     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0289:HUDAPS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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