Physiological tolerances of juvenile robust redhorse, Moxostoma robustum: Conservation implications for an imperiled species

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-444

  Walsh, Stephen J ^a   Haney, Dennis C ^b   Timmerman, Cindy M ^c   Dorazio, Robert M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catostomidae; Conservation biology; Fish; Hypoxia; pH; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TOLERANCE; LYPOXIA; ROBUST REDHORSE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; MOXOSTOMA ROBUSTUM; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031956883     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007486632102     Document Type: Article

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