Effect of suspended sediment on vulnerability of young razorback suckers to predation

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 648-655

  Johnson, James E ^a   Hines, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; RIVER;

CYPRINID; PREDATION RISK; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; VULNERABILITY;

COLORADO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; PISCES; PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS; XYRAUCHEN; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 0032735486     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0648:EOSSOV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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