Rainbow Trout in a Regulated River below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, following Increased Minimum Flows and Reduced Discharge Variability

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 216-222

  McKinney, Ted ^a   Speas, David W ^a   Rogers, Roland S ^a   Persons, William R ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DAM; ELECTROFISHING; FLOW REGULATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALMONID;

UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0035725448     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2001)021<0216:RTIARR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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