Fish assemblage structure in relation to multiple stressors along the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 505-521

  Curry, R Allen ^a   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; COTTUS GOBIO; CYPRINIDAE; ESOX MASQUINONGY; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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