Ecology of spawning humpback chub, Gila cypha, in the Little Colorado River near Grand Canyon, Arizona

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 115-133

  Gorman, Owen T ^a   Stone, Dennis M ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyprinidae; Endangered species; Habitat; Reproduction; Stream fishes

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPAWNING;

ARIZONA; LITTLE COLORADO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GILA CYPHA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032969131     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007450826743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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