Reproductive ecology and early life history of a lacustrine sculpin, Cottus extensus (Teleostei, Cottidae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-127

  Ruzycki, James R ^a,b   Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A ^a   Lay, Clyde ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Dispersal; Embryos; Fecundity; Habitat preference; Hatching; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISH; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031671790     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007436502285     Document Type: Article

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