Age, growth, and life history comparisons between the invasive white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) and native Rio Grande sucker (C. Plebeius)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-25

  McPhee, Megan V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS PLEBEIUS;

EID: 33947687120     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[15:AGALHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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