Instream flow needs in streams and rivers: The importance of understanding ecological dynamics

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 309-318

  Anderson, Kurt E ^a,b,c   Paul, Andrew J ^a,d   McCauley, Edward ^a   Jackson, Leland J ^a   Post, John R ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 33746867073     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2006)4[309:IFNISA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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