Conservation status of imperiled north American freshwater and diadromous fishes

Fisheries

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 372-407

  Jelks, Howard L ^a,b   Walsh, Stephen J ^a,b   Burkhead, Noel M ^a,b   Contreras Balderas, Salvador ^c   Díaz Pardo, Edmundo ^b   Hendrickson, Dean A ^d   Lyons, John ^e   Mandrak, Nicholas E ^f   McCormick, Frank ^g   Nelson, Joseph S ^h   Platania, Steven P ⁱ   Porter, Brady A ^j   Renaud, Claude B ^k   Schmitter Soto, Juan Jacobo ^l   Taylor, Eric B ^m   Warren Jr , Melvin L ^g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b American Fisheries Society's Endangered Species Committee ^*

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^j DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^l EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 53849148629     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446-33.8.372     Document Type: Article

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