Spatial and temporal movements of white sucker: Implications for use as a sentinel species

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1818-1827

  Doherty, Chad A ^a,b   Curry, R Allen ^a   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b University of New Brunswick Saint John ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CYPRINID; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; SAINT JOHN RIVER;

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONII;

EID: 79953749775     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-172.1     Document Type: Article

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