Spatiotemporal variation in length–weight relationships of endangered humpback chub: Implications for conservation and management

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 419-428

  Meretsky, Vicky J ^a,e   Valdez, Richard A ^b   Douglas, Michael E ^c   Brouder, Mark J ^d   Gorman, Owen T ^a   Marsh, Paul C ^c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b SWCA Inc   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

GILA CYPHA;

EID: 0034067484     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0419:SVILWR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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