Survival, condition, habitat use, and predation on stocked bonytails (Gila elegans) in the Green River, Colorado and Utah

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 488-494

  Bestgen, Kevin R ^a   Zelasko, Koreen A ^a   Compton, Robert I ^a   Chart, Tom E ^b  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; DINOSAURIA; GILA CYPHA; GILA ELEGANS; GILA ROBUSTA; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 57649188968     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/GG-29.1     Document Type: Article

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