Use of multiple spawning sites and seasonal movement by razorback suckers in the middle green river, utah

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 318-326

  Modde, Timothy ^a   Irving, David B ^a  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SEASONALITY; SPAWNING GROUND;

GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 0031828705     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0318:UOMSSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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