Fish assemblage responses to water withdrawals and water supply reservoirs in piedmont streams

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-450

  Freeman, Mary C ^a   Marcinek, Paula A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow depletion; Hydrologic alteration; Species richness; Stream fish; Water supply planning

Indexed keywords

FLOW DEPLETION; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM FISH; WATER SUPPLY PLANNING;

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

FISHERIES;

SURFACE WATER;

BIOTA; CATCH STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; LAND USE; ORDINATION; RESERVOIR; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; FISH; GOVERNMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LAND USE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESERVOIR; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VARIANCE; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEORGIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 33746745923     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0169-3     Document Type: Article

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