Classifying regional variation in thermal regime based on stream fish community patterns

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-38

  Wehrly, Kevin E ^a   Wiley, Michael J ^a   Seelbach, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 0037242340     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2003)132<0018:CRVITR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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