Impacts of natural disturbance on fish communities in the Tachia River, Taiwan

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 522, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 149-164

  Chen, Liang Hsien ^a   Chu, Kevin Chung Ming ^a   Chiu, Yuh Wen ^b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RO   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

community structure; disturbance; earthquake; resilience; resistance; typhoon

Indexed keywords

HABITATS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEBRIS FLOW; DISTURBANCE; EARTHQUAKE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TACHIA RIVER; TAIWAN;

ACROSSOCHEILUS PARADOXUS; CROSSOSTOMA LACUSTRE; RHINOGOBIUS; TACHIA; VARICORHINUS; VARICORHINUS BARBATULUS; ZACCO; ZACCO PACHYCEPHALUS;

EID: 4043122016     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000029992.15038.31     Document Type: Article

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