A Tale of Two Fishes: Using Recreational Angler Records to Examine the Link Between Fish Catches and Floodplain Connections in a Subtropical Coastal River

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-135

  Boucek, R E ^a   Rehage, J S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal rivers; Common snook; Floodplain; Largemouth bass; Recreational fisheries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883801289     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9710-4     Document Type: Article

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