Associations between stream fish and benthos across environmental gradients in southern Ontario, Canada

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 553-566

  Kilgour, Bruce W ^a,b   Barton, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Water Systems Analysts   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community; Fish; Land use; Sampling methods; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ZOOBENTHOS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032789122     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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