Habitat associations of small fishes around islands in the upper mississippi river

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-336

  Johnson, Barry L ^a   Jennings, Cecil A ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES; UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

EID: 0031826462     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0327:HAOSFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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