Comparative environmental tolerances of threatened delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) and introduced wakasagi (H. nipponensis) in an altered California estuary

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 384-390

  Swanson, Christina ^a   Reid, Turid ^a   Young, Paciencia S ^a   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Environmental tolerances; Fish; Hypomesus; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; TOLERANCE;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

HYPOMESUS NIPPONENSIS; HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS; OSMERIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0034084547     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420051025     Document Type: Article

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