From continua to patches: Examining stream community structure over large environmental gradients

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1404-1417

  Wright, Kristopher K ^a   Li, Judith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ORDINATION; STREAM;

ALGAE; PISCES;

EID: 0036436404     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-113     Document Type: Article

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