Distribution and growth of blue sucker in a Great Plains river, USA

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-262

  Eitzmann, J L ^a,b   Makinster, A S ^a   Paukert, C P ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue sucker; Cycleptus elongatus; Kansas River

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYCLEPTUS; CYCLEPTUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 34547121956     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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