Analysis of spawning behavior, habitat, and season of the federally threatened Etheostoma scotti, Cherokee darter (Osteichthyes: Percidae)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-424

  Storey, Casey M ^a,d   Porter, Brady A ^b   Freeman, Mary C ^c   Freeman, Byron J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHINGIDAE; ETHEOSTOMA SCOTTI; OSTEICHTHYES; PERCIDAE;

EID: 33750381403     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[413:AOSBHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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