Physiological performance and stream microhabitat use by the centrarchids Lepomis megalotis and Lepomis macrochirus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-312

  Schaefer, Jacob F ^a   Lutterschmidt, William I ^a,b   Hill, Loren G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b San Houston State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture success; Current velocity; Endurance; Focal point velocity; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MICROHABITAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MEGALOTIS;

EID: 0033007944     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007524518408     Document Type: Article

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