Geomorphology and stream habitat relationships with smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) abundance at multiple spatial scales in eastern Oklahoma

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1116-1129

  Dauwalter, Daniel C ^a,d   Splinter, Dale K ^b   Fisher, William L ^a   Marston, Richard A ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOREGION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM CHANNEL; WATERSHED;

ARKANSAS; BOSTON MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 35548936583     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-085     Document Type: Article

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