Use of the coefficient of community loss (i) to assess cultural stresses on monongahela river tributary fish communities

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Argent, David G ^a   Kimmel, William G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MONONGAHELA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846161608     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2006.9664130     Document Type: Article

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