Spatial patterns of fish communities in the Upper Mississippi river system: Assessing fragmentation by low-head dams

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-427

  Chick, John H ^a   Pegg, Mark A ^a   Koel, Todd M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish communities; Fragmentation; Low head dams; Mississippi River; Ordination; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DAM; FISH; FRAGMENTATION; RIVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744458684     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.912     Document Type: Article

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