Reproductive ecology of slimy sculpin in small New Brunswick streams

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1762-1768

  Keeler, Rachel A ^a,b   Cunjak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b AMEC Earth and Environmental Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; EGG PRODUCTION; HATCHING DATE; NEST GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

COTTUS COGNATUS;

EID: 38349065459     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-027.1     Document Type: Article

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