Fish assemblage structure and relations with environmental conditions in a Rocky Mountain watershed

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1554-1565

  Quist, Michael C ^a   Hubert, Wayne A ^a   Isaak, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

ALLOPATRIC CUTTHROAT TROUT; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; LOW-ELEVATION STREAMS; THERMAL CONDITIONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MOUNTAIN STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CATOSTOMIDAE; COTTUS BAIRDII; COTTUS BELDINGI; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 22744454003     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-134     Document Type: Article

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