An evaluation of the relative influence of habitat complexity and habitat stability on fish assemblage structure in unregulated and regulated reaches of a large southeastern warmwater stream

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 943-958

  Shea, Colin P ^a   Peterson, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FLINT RIVER; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 34547687558     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-165.1     Document Type: Article

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