Influence of spatial scale on estimates of substrate use by benthic darters

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 954-959

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; SIZE;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT USE; SCALE EFFECT; SUBSTRATE;

AMMOCRYPTA PELLUCIDA; ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIOIDES; ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM; ETHEOSTOMA ZONALE;

EID: 0032428967     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0954:IOSSOE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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