Discontinuity in fish assemblages across an elevation gradient in a southern Appalachian watershed, USA

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-23

  Robinson, J L ^a   Rand, Peter S ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wild Salmon Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; ELEVATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; WATERFALL;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 14344266381     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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