Patterns of habitat use among vegetation-dwelling littoral fishes in the Atchafalaya River basin, Louisiana

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1063-1075

  Troutman, John P ^a,b   Rutherford, D Allen ^a   Kelso, W E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; DISSOLVED GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALISMATACEAE; AMEIURUS NATALIS; APHREDODEROIDEI; APHREDODERUS SAYANUS; CHAENOBRYTTUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FUNDULUS CHRYSOTUS; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; HETERANDRIA; HETERANDRIA FORMOSA; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS; LEPOMIS MINIATUS; LEPOMIS SYMMETRICUS; MARTES PENNANTI; OPSOPOEODUS; OPSOPOEODUS EMILIAE; PISCES; POECILIA LATIPINNA; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA;

EID: 34547658184     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-118.1     Document Type: Article

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