The influence of acidic runoff episodes on slimy sculpin reproduction in stone run

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1106-1115

  Kaeser, Adam J ^a   Sharpe, William E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID WATER; ALUMINUM; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0034762405     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2001)130<1106:TIOARE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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