Shifts in sauger spawning locations after 40 years of reservoir ageing: Influence of a novel delta ecosystem in the Missouri river, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Graeb, Brian D S ^a   Willis, David W ^a   Spindler, Bryan D ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; HABITAT QUALITY; PERCIFORM; RESERVOIR; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND;

MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SANDER CANADENSE; STIZOSTEDION CANADENSE;

EID: 67649534831     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1107     Document Type: Article

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