Habitat use of Etheostoma maculatum (Spotted Darter) in Elk River, West Virginia

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 447-460

  Osier, Elizabeth A ^a   Welsh, Stuart A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ETHEOSTOMA MACULATUM;

EID: 35048845998     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[447:HUOEMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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