Comparative microhabitat use of ecologically similar benthic fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-453

  Van Snik Gray, Ellen ^a,b   Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Darters; Habitat partitioning; Niche breadth; Sculpins

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; NICHE;

UNITED STATES;

COTTUS BAIRDI; COTTUS COGNATUS; ETHEOSTOMA OLMSTEDI;

EID: 0033378825     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007536019444     Document Type: Article

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