Habitat characteristics at bluegill spawning colonies in a South Dakota glacial lake

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 464-469

  Gosch, N J C ^a   Phelps, Q E ^a   Willis, D W ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluegill; Lepomis macrochirus; Nestsubstrate; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FISH; GLACIAL LAKE; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SPAWNING GROUND;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CHARA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 33751069582     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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