The importance of Colorado River flow to nursery habitats of the Gulf corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2874-2885

  Rowell, Kirsten ^a,c   Flessa, Karl W ^a   Dettman, David L ^a   Román, Martha ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Comision de Ecologia Y Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; HABITAT; NURSERY GROUND; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER FLOW;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CYNOSCION; CYNOSCION ORHTONOPTERUS;

EID: 32644435416     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-193     Document Type: Article

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