Predictive habitat models for the occurrence of stream fishes in the mid-Atlantic Highlands

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1353-1366

  Rashleigh, Brenda ^a   Parmar, Rajbir ^a   Johnston, John M ^a   Barber, M Craig ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANHINGIDAE; ETHEOSTOMA; HYPENTELIUM; MICROPTERUS; MOXOSTOMA; NOTROPIS; PERCIFORMES; PERCINA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 30744477445     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-202.1     Document Type: Article

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