Demographics and chronology of a spawning aggregation of blue sucker (cycleptus elongatus) in the grand river, missouri, usa

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 567-575

  Vokoun, Jason C ^a   Guerrant, Travis L ^a   Rabeni, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CHRONOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING;

GRAND RIVER [MISSOURI]; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYCLEPTUS ELONGATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347659475     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2003.9663997     Document Type: Article

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