Environmental factors influencing survival of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in a multipurpose constructed treatment wetland in southern California

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-105

  Walton, William E ^a   Wirth, Margaret C ^a   Workman, Parker D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed treatment wetlands; Disinfection by products; Gasterosteus; Mosquito abatement; Un ionized ammonia

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASON; SMEGMAMORPHA; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; ECOLOGY; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; SMEGMAMORPHA; WETLANDS;

EID: 34848871318     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[90:EFISOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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