Age, growth, and reproduction of spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus (Lepisosteidae), from the Lake Pontchartrain estuary, Louisiana

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Love, Joseph W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPISOSTEIDAE; LEPISOSTEUS; LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542752848     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0018:AGAROS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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