Influence of habitat heterogeneity on the distribution of larval Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) at two spatial scales

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 614-630

  Torgersen, Christian E ^a,c   Close, David A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat structure; Larval lamprey; Longitudinal pattern; Scale dependency; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE;

MIDDLE FORK JOHN DAY RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ENTOSPHENUS TRIDENTATUS; LAMPETRA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; RIPARIA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 2342509545     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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