Fish assemblage associations and thresholds with existing and projected oil and gas development

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-301

  Dauwalter, D C ^a  

^a Trout Unlimited   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River Basin; Energy development; Oil and gas; Ordination; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCKING DENSITY;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84880329730     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fme.12007     Document Type: Article

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