Distribution and movement of humpback chub in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, based on recaptures

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 539-544

  Paukert, Craig P ^a,b   Coggins Jr , Lewis G ^a   Flaccus, Christopher E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

GILA CYPHA; PISCES;

EID: 33845720111     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-204.1     Document Type: Article

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