Effects of small green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) on recruitment of Gila chub (Gila intermedia) in Sabino Creek, Arizona

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-29

  Dudley, Robert K ^a,b   Matter, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GILA INTERMEDIA; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS;

EID: 0034115879     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672548     Document Type: Review

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