Long-term patterns of microhabitat use by fish in a southern Appalachian stream from 1983 to 1992: Effects of hydrologie period, season and fish length

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 108-131

  Grossman, G D ^a   Ratajczak Jr , R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Coexistence; Drought; Hydrologie variability; Spatial resource use; Stream fishes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT USE; HYDROLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MICROHABITAT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032429980     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1998.tb00178.x     Document Type: Article

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