Timing of spawning and assessment of a degree-day model to predict the in situ embryonic developmental rate of white sucker, Catostomus commersoni

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2040-2048

  Hamel, Patrice ^a   Magnan, Pierre ^a   Lapointe, Michèle ^a   East, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031457330     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-103     Document Type: Article

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