Nonnative fish control in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona: An effective program or serendipitous timing?

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 456-470

  Coggins Jr , Lewis G ^a,c   Yard, Michael D ^a   Pine Jr , William E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c National Conservation Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH COMPOSITION; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; RIVER WATER; SALMONID FISHERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS DISCOBOLUS; CATOSTOMUS LATIPINNIS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GILA CYPHA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES; RHINICHTHYS OSCULUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 80051955213     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.572009     Document Type: Article

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