Size-dependent territoriality of mottled sculpin in a southern Appalachian stream

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1750-1761

  Petty, J Todd ^a,b   Grossman, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; JUVENILE; MICROHABITAT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PERCIFORM; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE SIZE; SPACE USE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRITORIALITY;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COTTUS BAIRDII;

EID: 38349065460     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-034.1     Document Type: Article

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