Ecology of larval blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) in the Mississippi River

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-300

  Adams, S R ^a,b   Flinn, M B ^a   Burr, B M ^a   Whiles, M R ^a   Garvey, J E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue sucker; Cycleptus; Early life history; Islands; Larval fish; Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FEEDING GROUND; FISH; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPAWNING GROUND;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYCLEPTUS; CYCLEPTUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 33746982516     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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