Evaluating the effectiveness of Grassbed treatments as habitat for juvenile black bass in a drawdown reservoir

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1119-1129

  Ratcliff, Donald R ^a,c   Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A ^a   Zustak, Joseph ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; INVERTEBRATA; MICROPTERUS; PISCES;

EID: 84863582670     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-101.1     Document Type: Article

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