Fish community structure in the Missouri and lower Yellowstone rivers in relation to flow characteristics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 479, Issue , 2002, Pages 155-167

  Pegg, Mark A ^a,b   Pierce, Clay L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish community ecology; Functional guilds; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; FLOW OF WATER; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVERS;

FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITION; LIFE-HISTORY DIFFERENCES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

UNITED STATES;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0036662813     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021038207741     Document Type: Article

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