Effects of a test flood on fishes of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 686-700

  Valdez, Richard A ^a   Hoffnagle, Timothy L ^b   McIvor, Carole C ^c   McKinney, Ted ^b   Leibfried, William C ^d  

^a SWCA Inc   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Catostomus latipinnis; Colorado river; Endangered species; Fathead minnow; Flannelmouth sucker; Gila cypha; Glen Canyon Dam; Humpback chub; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Pimephales promelas; Rainbow trout; Test flood

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DAM; FISH; FLOODING;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS DISCOBOLUS; CATOSTOMUS LATIPINNIS; FUNDULUS ZEBRINUS; GILA CYPHA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; RHINICHTHYS OSCULUS;

EID: 0034975618     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0686:EOATFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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