Population prioritization for conservation of imperilled warmwater fishes in an arid-region drainage

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 498-510

  Clarkson, Robert W ^a   Marsh, Paul C ^b   Dowling, Thomas E ^c  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b Native Fish Lull Marsh and Associates LLC   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Conservation evaluation; Endangered species; Fish; River; Stream

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; TAXONOMY;

GILA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; PISCES;

EID: 84864533712     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2257     Document Type: Article

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