Turbidity reduces hatching success in Threatened Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 689-694

  Gray, Suzanne M ^a   Chapman, Lauren J ^a,b   Mandrak, Nicholas E ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic turbidity; Conservation; Egg survival; Freshwater fish; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EGG; EMBRYO; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEOST; TURBIDITY;

CANADA;

LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS;

EID: 84864304926     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-9999-z     Document Type: Article

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