Aquatic habitats of Canaan Valley, West Virginia: Diversity and environmental threats

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-352

  Snyder, Craig D ^a   Young, John A ^a   Stout III, Ben M ^b  

^a LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTOR CANADENSIS; FONTINALIS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33750325252     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[333:AHOCVW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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