Effects of stream restoration and wastewater treatment plant effluent on fish communities in urban streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1959-1973

  Northington, Robert M ^a   Hershey, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish diets; Stable isotope analysis; Terrestrial versus aquatic food resources; Urban streams; Wastewater treatment plant influences

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EFFLUENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT RESTORATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748755347     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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