Late season reproduction by big-river Catostomidae in Grand Canyon (Arizona)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2000, Pages 238-244

  Douglas, Marlis R ^a   Douglas, Michael E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; ICHTHYOFAUNA; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS DISCOBOLUS; CATOSTOMUS LATIPINNIS; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 0033982712     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0238:LSRBBR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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