Effects of fish, water depth, and predation risk on patch dynamics in a north-temperate river ecosystem

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 382-398

  Gelwick, Frances P ^a,b   Stock, Marsha S ^c   Matthews, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT USE; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER DEPTH;

OKLAHOMA; USA;

AGAVE SISALANA; ALGAE; CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CAMPOSTOMA OLIGOLEPIS; CHLOROPHYTA; EPILITHON; INVERTEBRATA; NOTROPIS NUBILUS;

EID: 0030794745     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546606     Document Type: Article

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