Habitat and fish fauna structure in a subtropical mountain stream in Taiwan before and after a catastrophic typhoon

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-462

  Kwee, Siong Tew ^a   Han, Chiao Chuan ^b   Chou, Wei Rung ^b   Fang, Lee Shing ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fish population; Habitat alteration; Typhoon Herb

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STREAM; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

ALTICORPUS; CANDIDIA BARBATUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GOBIIDAE; RHINOGOBIUS;

EID: 4043083003     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021111800207     Document Type: Article

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