Multilevel assessment of fish species traits to evaluate habitat degradation in streams of the upper midwest

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 180-194

  Goldstein, Robert M ^a   Meador, Michael R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; STREAM;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944414224     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-042.1     Document Type: Article

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