Diverting the Colorado River leads to a dramatic life history shift in an endangered marine fish

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1138-1148

  Rowell, Kirsten ^a   Flessa, Karl W ^a   Dettman, David L ^a   Román, Martha J ^b   Gerber, Leah R ^c   Findley, Lloyd T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Comisión de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora ^*  (Mexico)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Estuary; Freshwater inflow; Marine fisheries; Otoliths; Oxygen isotopes; Totoaba

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; HABITAT LOSS; LIFE HISTORY; OTOLITH; OVERFISHING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERCIFORM; RIVER FLOW;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PISCES; SCIAENIDAE; TOTOABA; TOTOABA MACDONALDI;

EID: 41849137520     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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