Population response of triploid grass carp to declining levels of hydrilla in the Santee Cooper reservoirs, South Carolina

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-17

  Kirk, James P ^a   Morrow Jr , James V ^a   Killgore, K Jack ^a   De Kozlowski, Steven J ^b   Preacher, James W ^c  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Charleston District   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant management; Aquatic plants; Growth; Hydrilla verticillata; Mortality; Population size Ctenopharyngodon idella

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034550679     PISSN: 01466623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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