Habitat partitioning in a community of darters in the Elk River, West Virginia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-419

  Welsh, Stuart A ^a   Perry, Sue A ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Etheostoma; Fishes; Microhabitat; Percina; Resource use

Indexed keywords

HABITAT PARTITIONING; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT;

USA, WEST VIRGINIA, ELK RIVER;

EID: 0031916923     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007428930851     Document Type: Article

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