Relation of fish communities to environmental conditions in urban streams of the Wasatch Front, Utah

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-168

  Giddings, Elise M ^a   Brown, Larry R ^a   Short, Terry M ^b   Meador, Michael R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Fish communities; Mountain sucker; Urbanization; Utah; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMUS PLATYRHYNCHUS; COTTUS; COTTUS BELDINGI; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 33744493667     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[155:ROFCTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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