The influence of air temperature, groundwater discharge, and climate change on the thermal diversity of stream fishes in southern Ontario watersheds

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-308

  Chu, Cindy ^a   Jones, Nicholas E ^b   Mandrak, Nicholas E ^c   Piggott, Andrew R ^d   Minns, Charles K ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PISCES;

EID: 39749176232     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-007     Document Type: Article

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