Concurrent assessment of fish and habitat in warmwater streams in Wyoming

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-20

  Quist, Michael C ^a,b   Hubert, W A ^a   Rahel, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Faunal filter; Fish assemblage; Sampling; Warmwater stream

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; STREAMWATER; WARM WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

PISCES;

EID: 33644753926     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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