Demography, growth, and reproductive allocation in stream-spawning longnose gar

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 438-466

  Johnson, Brian L ^a,b   Noltie, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Environmental Planning Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPISOSTEIDAE; LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS; PISCES;

EID: 0030874522     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0438:DGARAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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