Growth, Spawning Preparedness, and Diet of Cycleptus meridionalis (Catostomidae)

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 900-908

  Peterson, Mark S ^a   Nicholson, Larry C ^a   Snyder, Douglas J ^b   Fulling, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Mississippi Department of Marine Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; GROWTH; LITERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; SEX; SIZE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINID; DIET; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; NEW SPECIES; SPAWNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033431722     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0900:GSPADO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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