Spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblage structure in tropical floodplain creeks

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-387

  Hoeinghaus, David J ^a   Layman, Craig A ^a   Arrington, D Albrey ^a,b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackwater; Floodplain inundation; Gill nets; Ilanos; Piscivores; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

VENEZUELA;

ILANOS; PISCES;

EID: 0142039021     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025818721158     Document Type: Article

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