Channel catfish maturation in Mississippi streams

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1467-1475

  Shephard, Samuel ^a,b   Jackson, Donald C ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FISHERY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 30744443474     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-139.1     Document Type: Article

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