Challenging the assumption of habitat limitation: An example from centrarchid fishes over an intermediate spatial scale

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-425

  Gutreuter, Steve ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Akaike Information; Backwaters; Centrarchid fishes; Habitat rehabilitation; Model; Negative binomial; Rivers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACKWATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CENTRARCHIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 3342939785     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.757     Document Type: Article

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