Flooding and fish diversity in a reclaimed river-wetland

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-475

  Theiling, Charles H ^a   Tucker, John K ^b   Cronin, Frederick A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY; FLOODING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

FLOOD; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033370917     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1999.9663705     Document Type: Article

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