Factors influencing stream fish recovery following a large-scale disturbance

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 865-907

  Ensign, William E ^a   Leftwich, Kevin N ^a   Angermeier, Paul L ^a   Dolloff, C Andrew ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH KILL; REPRODUCTUVE INVESTMENT; SPECIES RECOVERY;

ROANOKE RIVER; USA; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0031416228     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0895:FISFRF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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