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Ecological Study of the Bottom Fauna of Bear Lake Idaho and Utah

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Title Ecological Study of the Bottom Fauna of Bear Lake Idaho and Utah
Description Ph.D. Dissertation by Earl W. Smart, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Wildlife Management, Utah State University, 1958. Written under direction of Professor William F. Sigler. Typewritten, carbon copy, 88 single-sided pages, with illustrations pasted in. Includes tables and charts. A study of the bottom fauna of Bear Lake was a part of the investigation of its limnology and fisheries begun in 1952. The primary purpose of the study was to examine all the evidence in estimating the fish producing capacity of the lake. The specific objective was to sample the bottom macrofauna at all depths and in all areas of the lake to determine what organisms are present and to what extent this was necessary to estimate the supply of food for bottom feeding fish. The large area of the...
Creator Smart, Earl W.
Coverage Bear Lake, Rich County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5584993/ ; Bear Lake Valley, Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5585011/ ; 1950-1959; 20th century;
Subject Freshwater animals--Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
Format Theses and dissertations; image/jpeg;
Source Smart, Earl W. An ecological study of the bottom fauna of Bear Lake, Idaho and Utah. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Utah State University, Dept. of Wildlife Management, 1958.
Relation Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, USU Theses and Dissertations http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/318/ Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography / compiled by Utah State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2005
Publisher Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Type Text;
Rights Public domain. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives
Date 1958
Identifier http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Bear/id/7784

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