Persistent disturbance by commercial navigation afters the relative abundance of channel-dwelling fishes in a large river

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2418-2433

  Gutreuter, Steve ^a   Vallazza, Jon M ^a   Knights, Brent C ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SHIPPING; SPECIES EVENNESS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS; AVES; BUBALUS; CLUPEIDAE; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; HIODON; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; ICTIOBUS; MORONE CHRYSOPS; MOXOSTOMA; PISCES; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS; SANDER CANADENSIS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS; STIZOSTEDION CANADENSE;

EID: 33846169120     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-129     Document Type: Article

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