Factors affecting fish assemblage structure during seasonal stream drying

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-342

  Dekar, M P ^a   Magoulick, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Drought; Fish assemblages; Streams

Indexed keywords

CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; SEMOTILUS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS;

EID: 34547658079     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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