Biogeography of stream fishes in Connecticut: Defining faunal regions and assemblage types

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-576

  Kanno, Yoichiro ^a   Vokoun, Jason C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COTTUS COGNATUS; ERIMYZON OBLONGUS; ESOX AMERICANUS; ESOX AMERICANUS AMERICANUS; ESOX NIGER; EXOGLOSSUM; EXOGLOSSUM MAXILLINGUA; PISCES; SEMOTILUS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS;

EID: 58049135527     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194-15.4.557     Document Type: Article

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