Relationship between river fragment length and persistence of two imperiled great plains cyprinids

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 445-451

  Wilde, Gene R ^a   Urbanczyk, Aaron C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazos River; conservation; Notropis buccula; Notropis oxyrhynchus; pelagic spawning

Indexed keywords

BACKWATER; CONSERVATION; PELAGIC FISH; PERSISTENCE; SPAWNING;

BRAZOS RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WICHITA RIVER;

EID: 84883504885     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2013.785984     Document Type: Article

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