Evaluating Fish-Habitat Relationships for Refining Regional Indexes of Biotic Integrity: Development of a Tolerance Index of Habitat Degradation for Maryland Stream Fishes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-159

  Pirhalla, Douglas E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; TOLERANCE;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; IBIS; PISCES;

EID: 0442283054     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T01-145     Document Type: Article

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