Relationships of elevation, channel slope, and stream width to occurrences of native fishes at the great plains-rocky mountains interface

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 695-705

  Brunger Lipsey, Tamara S ^a   Hubert, Wayne A ^a   Rahel, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHANNEL FLOW; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PLATTE RIVER; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

PISCES;

EID: 29744446071     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2005.9664793     Document Type: Article

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