Distribution and status of Arkansas River shiner Notropis girardi and Rio Grande shiner Notropis jemezanus, Pecos River, New Mexico

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-58

  Hoagstrom, Christopher W ^a,b   Brooks, James E ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTROPIS GIRARDI; NOTROPIS JEMEZANUS; PECOS;

EID: 20744444593     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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