Microhabitat partitioning in a diverse assemblage of darters in the Allegheny River system

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^a   Boltz, Jeff M ^b   Kellogg, Karen A ^a   Van Snik, Ellen S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EA Engineering Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Etheostoma; Fishes; Niche breadth; Percina; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

DARTER; HABITAT PARTITIONING; RESOURCE PARTITIONING;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, ALLEGHENY RIVER;

ETHEOSTOMA CAMURUM; ETHEOSTOMA TIPPECANOE; ETHEOSTOMA ZONALE; ETHEOSTOMATINI; PERCIDAE; PERCINA CAPRODES; PERCINA COPELANDI;

EID: 0029752831     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00001696     Document Type: Article

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