Sampling fish assemblages in forested floodplain wetlands

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 76-85

  Knight, J G ^a   Bain, M B ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; Sampling; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FISH ASSEMBLAGE; FORESTED FLOODPLAIN; METHOD EVALUATION; SAMPLING; WETLAND;

USA, ALABAMA;

EID: 0030436082     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1996.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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