Reintroduction of four imperiled fishes in Abrams Creek, Tennessee

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-110

  Shute, J R ^a   Rakes, Patrick L ^a   Shute, Peggy W ^b  

^a Conservation Fisheries Inc ^*  (United States)

^b TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERIMONAX MONACHUS; ETHEOSTOMA PERCNURUM; NOTURUS; NOTURUS BAILEYI; NOTURUS FLAVIPINNIS; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 33644609187     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0093:ROFIFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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