Prevalence of physical abnormalities in Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) populations of middle Tennessee

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 513-520

  Miller, Brian T ^a   Miller, Joyce L ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS;

EID: 33644597303     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0513:POPAIE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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