Spawning season and nest fidelity of largemouth bass in a tropical reservoir

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1240-1251

  Waters, D Scott ^a,b   Noble, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; SITE FIDELITY; SPAWNING GROUND; SPORT FISHING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11244297906     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M03-048.1     Document Type: Article

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