Applicability of the flood-pulse concept in a temperate floodplain river ecosystem: Thermal and temporal components

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 543-553

  Schramm Jr , Harold L ^a   Eggleton, Michael A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfishes; Flood pulse concept; Floodplain; Mississippi River; Regulated rivers

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745592163     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.921     Document Type: Article

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