Conserving large-river fishes: Is the highway analogy an appropriate paradigm

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 266-279

  Galat, David L ^a   Zweimüller, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecological concepts; Flood pulse concept; Floodplain; Habitat use classification; Highway analogy; Imperiled fishes; Introduced fishes; Large river; Main channel; Riverine fishes

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RIVER; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSERIDAE; GOBIIDAE; HIODONTIDAE; OSMERIDAE; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0035371630     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468321     Document Type: Article

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