Reproductive behavior, captive breeding, and restoration ecology of endangered fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 31-42

  Rakes, Patrick L ^a   Shute, John R ^a   Shute, Peggy W ^b  

^a Conservation Fisheries Inc ^*  (United States)

^b TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackside dace; Boul der darter; Captive reproduction; Conservation; Cyprinella monacha; E. sanguifluum; Egg clumper; Etheostoma wapiti; Fractional crevice spawners; Management; Nest associate; Phoxinus cumberlandensis; Propagation; Recovery; Reintroduction; Southeastern United States; Spotfin chub

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ANHINGIDAE; CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; CYPRINELLA; CYPRINELLA MONACHA; CYPRINIFORMES; ERIMONAX MONACHUS; ETHEOSTOMA SANGUIFLUUM; ETHEOSTOMA WAPITI; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MONACHA; NOCOMIS MICROPOGON; PHOXINUS; PHOXINUS CUMBERLANDENSIS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032969439     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007531927209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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