The ecology, behavior, and conservation of the tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius newberryi

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-114

  Swenson, Ramona O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Endangered species; Estuary; Extinction; Fisheries management; Gobiidae; Lagoon; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPAWNING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; EUCYCLOGOBIUS NEWBERRYI; GOBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033006020     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007478207892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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