Habitat use of leatherside chub (Gila copei) in the presence of predatory brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 272-277

  Walser, Chris A ^a,b   Belk, Mark C ^a   Shiozawa, Dennis K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Gila copei; Habitat use; Leatherside chub; Predation; Salmo trutta; Utah

Indexed keywords

GILA COPEI; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 0032868616     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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