Habitat relationships of subadult humpback chub in the Colorado river through Grand Canyon: Spatial variability and implications of flow regulation

River Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-284

  Converse, Yvette K ^a   Hawkins, Charles P ^a   Valdez, Richard A ^a  

^a UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Cover; Flow; Geomorphology; Grand Canyon; Habitat; Humpback chub; Regulation; Shoreline

Indexed keywords

FLOW REGULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE;

USA, GRAND CANYON, COLORADO RIVER;

GILA CYPHA;

EID: 0031849190     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199805/06)14:3<267::aid-rrr501>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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