Relationship between largemouth bass recruitment and water level dynamics in a puerto rico reservoir

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Ozen, Ozcan ^a,b   Noble, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Largemouth bass; Recruitment; Tropical reservoir; Water level

Indexed keywords

MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 17144388657     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140509354416     Document Type: Article

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