Development and evaluation of a western mosquitofish bioenergetics model

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1150-1162

  Chipps, Steven R ^a,b   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 6344233661     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-118.1     Document Type: Article

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