Fish assemblages and environmental correlates in least-disturbed streams of the upper snake river basin

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-216

  Maret, Terry B ^a   Robinson, Christopher T ^b,c   Minshall, G Wayne ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH ASSEMBLAGE;

SNAKE RIVER BASIN; USA;

CATOSTEMIDAE; CATOSTOMIDAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COTTIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; SALMONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030765736     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0200:FAAECI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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