Initial response of a floodplain lake fish community to water-level stabilisation

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-47

  Pegg, Mark A ^a,b   Irons, K S ^a   O'Hara, T M ^a   McClelland, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish community; Floodplain; Restoration; Water level

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; WATER LEVEL;

AVES; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; POMOXIS ANNULARIS; POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS;

EID: 33745959046     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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