Ecology and conservation of native fishes in the upper Colorado River basin

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 157-204

  Valdez, Richard A ^a   Muth, Robert T ^b  

^a SWCA Inc   (United States)

^b Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program   (United States)

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GILA CYPHA; GILA ELEGANS; PISCES; PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS; RHINICHTHYS OSCULUS THERMALIS; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 33748704593     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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