Investigating the causes of fish community change in the Dahan River (Taiwan) using an autecology matrix

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 317-330

  Suen, Jian Ping ^a   Herricks, Edwin E ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Autecology matrix; Dahan River; Ecosystem; Fish community based method; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RIVERS; SAMPLING; WATERSHEDS;

AUTECOLOGY MATRIX; DAHAN RIVER; FISH COMMUNITY; FISH COMMUNITY BASED METHOD;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTECOLOGY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA ACQUISITION; FISH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; DAHAN RIVER; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33746846076     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0209-x     Document Type: Article

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