Spatial variation of headwater fish assemblages explained by hydrologic variability and upstream effects of impoundment

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-284

  Herbert, Matthew E ^a,b   Gelwick, Frances P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ICHTHYOFAUNA; IMPOUNDMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SAN JACINTO RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 0038461928     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0273:SVOHFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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