Status and distribution of fish in an acid-impacted watershed of the northeastern United States (Hubbard Brook, NH)

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-390

  Warren, Dana R ^a   Likens, Gene E ^b   Buso, Donald C ^b   Kraft, Clifford E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTUS COGNATUS; RHINICHTHYS ATRATULUS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 53049103632     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194-15.3.375     Document Type: Article

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