Local and landscape predictors of fish-assemblage characteristics in the Great Swamp, New York

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-374

  Van Holt, Tracy ^a,b   Murphy, Diane M ^a,c   Chapman, Lauren ^a,d  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Water Resources Office   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33750321858     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[353:LALPOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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