Factors affecting the diet and abundance of northern populations of Rio Grande sucker (Catostomus plebeius)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-156

  Swift Miller, Susan M ^a,c   Johnson, Brett M ^a   Muth, Robert T ^b,d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Rio Grande National Forest ^*  (United States)

^c Rio Grande National Forest   (United States)

^d U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS PLEBEIUS;

EID: 0032985846     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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