Life in the fast lane: Fish and foodweb structure in the main channel of large rivers

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 255-265

  Dettmers, John M ^a   Wahl, David H ^a   Soluk, Daniel A ^a   Gutreuter, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish community; Foodweb structure; Large rivers; Main channel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RIVER;

ILLINOIS RIVER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

APLODINOTUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 0035371782     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468320     Document Type: Article

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