Identification and prediction of fish assemblages in streams of the Mid-Atlantic Highlands, USA

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-48

  Cyterski, Michael ^a   Barber, Craig ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PREDICTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STREAMWATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONII; CLINOSTOMUS FUNDULOIDES; COTTUS BAIRDII; COTTUS COGNATUS; ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLARE; LEPOMIS AURITUS; LUXILUS CHRYSOCEPHALUS; NOCOMIS LEPTOCEPHALUS; PHOXINUS OREAS; PIMEPHALES NOTATUS; RHINICHTHYS ATRATULUS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS;

EID: 33749186177     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-011.1     Document Type: Article

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