Partitioning the variation in stream fish assemblages within a spatio-temporal hierarchy

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 675-686

  Stewart Koster, Ben ^a   Kennard, Mark J ^a   Harch, Bronwyn D ^b   Sheldon, Fran ^a   Arthington, Angela H ^a   Pusey, Bradley J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Flow regime; Habitat; Spatial autocorrelation; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MARY RIVER;

EID: 34547555552     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06183     Document Type: Article

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