A re-evaluation of U.S. state fish-stocking recommendations for small, private, warmwater impoundments

Fisheries

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 18-28

  Dauwalter, Daniel C ^a   Jackson, John R ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 24044520325     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2005)30[18:AROUSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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