Application of a dynamic model to assess controls on age-0 Colorado pikeminnow distribution in the middle Green River, Colorado and Utah

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 458-476

  Schmidt, John C ^a   Box, Jayne Brim ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado pikeminnow; Dams; Dynamic model; Fluvial geomorphology; Green River

Indexed keywords

FISH; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MODELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

COLORADO; GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS;

EID: 28344456073     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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