River impoundment and sunfish growth

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 580-590

  Rypel, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrarchidae; Climate; Dams; Fisheries management; Natural flow regime; Production; Reservoir retention time; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMPOUNDMENT; LAND USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ISRAEL; ISRAELI COASTAL PLAIN;

AMBLOPLITES; AMBLOPLITES ARIOMMUS; CENTRARCHIDAE; CHAENOBRYTTUS; LEPOMIS AURITUS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MEGALOTIS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; POMOXIS ANNULARIS; POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS;

EID: 79957916710     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1370     Document Type: Article

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