Standard weight (Ws) equations for four rare desert fishes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 697-703

  Didenko, Alexander V ^a,b   Bonar, Scott A ^a   Matter, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b National Academy of Agrarian Science of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

CATOSTOMIDAE; CATOSTOMUS; CATOSTOMUS LATIPINNIS; CYPRINIDAE; GILA; GILA CYPHA; GILA ROBUSTA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PISCES; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 2942696680     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M02-119.1     Document Type: Article

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