Habitat use and population structure of four native minnows (family Cyprinidae) in the upper Missouri and lower Yellowstone rivers, North Dakota (USA)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-22

  Welker, T L ^a   Scarnecchia, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyprinidae; Flathead chub; Predictive model; Sicktefin chub; Sturgeon chub; Western silvery minnow

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYPRINID; HABITAT USE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; HYBOGNATHUS; HYBOGNATHUS ARGYRITIS; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MACRHYBOPSIS; MACRHYBOPSIS GELIDA; MACRHYBOPSIS MEEKI; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PLATYGOBIO GRACILIS;

EID: 1542442752     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6691.2004.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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