Coastal estuaries as habitat for a freshwater fish species: Exploring population-level effects of salinity on largemouth bass

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 610-625

  Norris, Alicia J ^a   DeVries, Dennis R ^a   Wright, Russell A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79954567513     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-135.1     Document Type: Article

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