Relationships between hydrology, spatial heterogeneity, and fish recruitment dynamics in a temperate floodplain river

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-102

  Zeug, S C ^a,b   Winemiller, K O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazos River; Flood pulse; Life history; Oxbow; Texas

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; FECUNDITY; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

BRAZOS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 38549133939     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1061     Document Type: Article

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