Have Adirondack stream fish populations changed in response to decreases in sulfate deposition?

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 338-345

  Simonin, Howard A ^a   Colquhoun, James R ^a,b   Paul, Eric A ^a   Symula, John ^a   Dean, Howard J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ELECTROFISHING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FONTINALIS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 18244380827     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-138.1     Document Type: Review

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