Evaluation of the flood-pulse concept based on statistical models of growth of selected fishes of the Upper Mississippi River system

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2282-2291

  Gutreuter, Steve ^a   Bartels, Andrew D ^b   Irons, Kevin ^c   Sandheinrich, Mark B ^d  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; GROWTH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER FLOW;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MORONE CHRYSOPS; POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS;

EID: 0033492646     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-161     Document Type: Article

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