Effects of landscape change on fish assemblage structure in a rapidly growing metropolitan area in North Carolina, USA

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue 47, 2005, Pages 39-52

  Kennen, Jonathan G ^a   Chang, Ming ^b   Tracy, Bryn H ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Environmental Sciences Section   (United States)

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LEPOMIS AURITUS; NOCOMIS LEPTOCEPHALUS;

EID: 33846195004     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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