Health Assessment, Associated Metrics, and Nematode Parasitism of Rainbow Trout in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-69

  McKinney, T ^a   Robinson, A T ^a   Speas, D W ^a   Rogers, R S ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; HEALTH MONITORING; PARASITISM;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TRUTTAEDACNITIS;

EID: 0035724504     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2001)021<0062:HAAMAN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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