Fish community structure as a measure of degradation and rehabilitation of riparian systems in an agricultural drainage basin

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 425-443

  Wichert, G A ^a,b   Rapport, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural drainage basin; Fish community structure; Riparian system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES INTENSIFICATION;

AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; NONHUMAN; REHABILITATION; VEGETATION;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0032079616     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900117     Document Type: Article

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