Ecological review and management recommendations for recovery of the endangered Gila topminnow

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 230-244

  Minckley, W L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Endangered species management; Gila topminnow; Poeciliopsis occidentalis; Recovery; Western North America

Indexed keywords

GILA TOPMINNOW;

EID: 0032867278     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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