Long-term dynamics of native and nonnative fishes in the San Juan River, New Mexico and Utah, under a partially managed flow regime

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-659

  Gido, Keith B ^a   Propst, David L ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CYPRINID; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JUVENILE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; PREDATOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAMPLING; SNOWMELT;

NEW MEXICO; SAN JUAN RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84865281605     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.683471     Document Type: Article

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