Composition of Fish Communities in Relation to Stream Acidification and Habitat in the Neversink River, New York

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-76

  Baldigo, B P ^a   Lawrence, G B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POLLUTION EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

NEVERSINK RIVER; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0033983907     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0060:COFCIR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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