Irrigation canals as sink habitat for trout and other fishes in a Wyoming drainage

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 951-961

  Roberts, James J ^a,b   Rahel, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANAL; CYPRINID; DRAINAGE; ENTRAINMENT; IRRIGATION; MORTALITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALMONID;

BEAR RIVER; CANADA; COVEY CANAL; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YUKON TERRITORY;

CATOSTOMUS PLATYRHYNCHUS; LEPIDOMEDA COPEI; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII UTAH; PISCES; RHINICHTHYS OSCULUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SNYDERICHTHYS;

EID: 49049087508     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-058.1     Document Type: Article

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